There were ~100 people at the park at 7PM, from 4 neighborhood organizations in Carrollton: Central Carrollton, Palmer Park, NorthWest Carrollton & Fountainbleau – the 4 corners.

There is no excuse: Midura should have been there. 5 minutes of “hello, thank you for supporting crime fighting efforts but I have to be off to another gathering” would have sufficed. It didn’t happen. It is completely unacceptable and insulting to say that the gathering ended at 7PM. Worse it is an outright lie.

A little before 7PM: Neron Place and NorthWest Carrollton were recognized for completing the Neighborhood Watch Training and provided with Neighborhood Watch Street signs. There were 3 uniformed police officers at the Park for this part of the event.

Captain Kirk of the 2nd District and a number of his officers (4+) attended showing up a little after 7:30PM. We were very pleased that they came.
Fire Fighters from the Carrollton – End of the Line Firestation visited as well.
FOX news was also there early in the evening.
The folks missing in action were our City Council Members.

I am debating buying one for our return to Lakeview. Yes, little old Lakeview. It bugs me. I am angry that I have to consider this and that I can’t depend on our police force to do their jobs so I don’t have to buy one. I mean I can take shooting lessons, go to a firing range & such, but the chances are still better I will be disarmed and shot with my own gun or won’t get to it in time to use it then it would be any good to me. And I feel that if I have to pull a gun to defend myself, maybe I have failed somewhere. I am pissed that me and the friends & family I have in this city [much more than in most cities in this country] have to live in fear–as much from the poor job of law enforcement as from the crooks.

This IS a war.

I am a night owl, and bedtime is dawn for me. Same goes for our Gentilly house. I see what moves up and down the streets. The odds of a daylight break-in is pretty much nil, and yes…. many years of living overseas have taught me how to sleep with my 9mm friend very close. It’s just what you do when living in hostile territory.

In the Marigny I had a reputation for walking out on my porch at 4 AM bearing a pistol when I heard strange noises in the middle of the night. I surprised two folks attempting to break into my neighbors’ houses, and no-one ever attempted to touch my place over my four years there. Several neighbors down the street had break-ins, but not my house. (Helen Hill was killed four doors down this year, but I had been gone for two years.)

I was taught to defend the house and family back in the Civil Rights Era… my parents were activists and many nights my job was to protect the house while they were away. It was part and parcel of dealing with the Klan back then. All that I was taught still holds true today.

You see, guns are not the problem… they are your last resort to protect your people and property, especially when you are confronted by people who do not care about their own lives. The only sticking point is when one doesn’t understand when and how to use them.

There are many ways to protect one’s home without guns, but once the horde gets past those defenses, you are trapped as are they. You must have your final line of defense.

I know that many folks, especially Liberals, are afraid of guns. I’m not afraid of them, just very respectful of what they can do. (eight years of Shore Patrol and I never pulled my piece or my baton… but every moment I knew that I could, and would, do what was needed to handle the situation.)

This is not to say that one “shoots to kill”, it’s just that you can send the warning shot and they will flee. It is your way of scaring the horde off.

Please take this info from someone who has a good heart and loves their folks, and will never let them come to harm.

This is not about being an NRA nut-case, but about understanding a position and a scenario. NOPD is worthless when it comes to this crap.

We apologize for not making the Palmer Park event before it ended, but are happy to hear it was so successful.