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Rabi Organizes Self Defense Patrols - Carry Conceal

June 13, 2007 |

It’s a classic… what does the individual or groups of individuals do when the government can’t protect you. The liberals would pass more pieces of paper called gun control. The conservative points to the Constitution and the right to bear arms. Atlas Shrugs has the information about an area that is being revitalized by needs

They made the announcement Monday afternoon at Yeshiva of New Haven (aka The Gan School) on Elm Street. They plan to begin patrolling Monday evening in two-person teams wearing “Edgewood Park Defense Patrol” T-shirts and carrying concealed, licensed firearms.

That’s the neighborhood where Greer’s organization has rehabilitated 40 old-style New Haven houses and planted 450 trees over the past 18 years. It surrounds the old Roger Sherman School, which Greer’s organization converted into an Orthodox Jewish school. The organization has also worked with neighbors to combat prostitution in the area, instituting a successful “John of the Week” effort which featured pinched patrons’ names on flyers.

“We are unwilling to give up,” Greer said at Monday’s announcement in a classroom on the school’s second floor. Family members from the yeshiva as well as neighbors — including Alderwoman Liz McCormack and 24th Ward Democratic Co-Chair Hank Campbell — joined him.

Don’t give up

“We can fix all the houses up. We can plant trees. But if we cannot walk our streets securely, all our efforts are for naught,” Greer said. Rather than be victims or depend any longer on the police department, he said, the group is determined to tackle crime head on.

“There’s only one solution — to remove the chief,” Greer said. “He’s a very sweet guy. I would love to have drinks with him. But he cannot run the police department.”

Asked about the armed patrols right before the press conference, DeStefano said he had no comment yet because he hadn’t known about them.

After the press conference, DeStefano backed Ortiz and disagreed with the patrol idea.

“The chief has my full support. Chief Ortiz is doing a good job,” DeStefano said.

Anyone who patrols the street with a gun “is putting themselves and others at risk,” he said.

WTF? But the outlaws casn be armed to the teeth right?

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The last straw for the group came Sunday night, when Greer’s son, Rabbi Dov Greer (pictured), was assaulted by young men right outside his house on Elm Street. Dov Greer said the men accosted him on the street and followed him into the house, where they beat him before fleeing as he called upstairs to his wife to phone the cops.

“There’s going to be authority. There’s going to be control,” his brother, Eliezer Greer, said. “There’s going to be rule of law on the street.”

Damn right!

The rest of the release quoted the mayor. It read:

“We regret the attack on Rabbi Greer’s son. We have reviewed police deployment in that neighborhood. As we do throughout the entire city, we have increased the number of walking beats in that neighborhood and continue to assign officers to this type of patrol. In fact, the victim was in contact with an officer who was walking the neighborhood shortly before the incident and immediately thereafter. The first officer to respond was one of these walking patrols. Crime statistics in Edgewood are down and are lower than they’ve been in the past.”

“I have complete confidence in the Chief, Commanding Officers and the District Manager for this neighborhood.”

“In response to proposed armed civilian patrols, I believe that individuals who carry weapons with the intent of enforcing their view of appropriate behavior in the neighborhood is a recipe for disaster.”

Anytime a liberal sees a person with a conceal carry actually doing it… they think that’s a disaster. Conservatives see it as be protected and safe. Makes one wonder which side the liberals are on. I know it’s not on my side.


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