Fighting Back
February 1st, 2008
A home invasion in Salt Lake City was foiled when the apartment dwellers fought back the gunman with their bare hands. At the end of the article is states:
While the victims won in this situation, police do not recommend fighting back.
In our post 9/11 world, it is ridiculous to think that if you don’t fight back, criminals and terrorists won’t hurt you. They bring a weapon to the crime with the pure intention of hurting you.
I wonder if the reporter is the actual source of the above quote, or some liberal police association, or if it was the actual SLC police interviewed for the piece. Regardless, it is bad advice. Criminals attack weak targets. If they learn from hard experience that in a post 9/11 world there are no weak targets, then maybe crime could be reduced.
