This Is What Happens to A Disarmed Populace: New Yorkers Cower in Fear of Escaped Cons

By Robert Farago

“Roads and schools were closed and a manhunt intensified Thursday near a New York state prison as authorities investigated a new lead into the whereabouts of two escaped killers,” usatoday.com reports. “The Saranac Central School District closed schools Thursday ‘in order to assist law enforcement personnel with their search efforts, and due to the closure of a number of roads.’ Officials said they hoped to reopen schools Friday.” Even admitting the possibility that convicted killers Richard Mat and David Sweat would somehow transform into active shooters . . .

what kind of message does closing schools send to children – who are now at home – and potential terrorists? (Boston strong redux.) Why not just, I dunno, let armed Americans defend themselves? That said, many are [via foxnews.com].

Elizabeth Ahern, who lives in Plattsburgh, about 5 miles from the prison and 25 miles south of the Canadian border, isn’t taking any chances. The North Country, she says, is a place where people usually don’t bother locking their doors and have guns to hunt, not to guard themselves against criminals. But not anymore.

“It’s a scary situation,” Ahern told CNN’s “New Day” …read more

Source:: Truth About Guns