The “Thin Blue Line” and More ~ A Message from ISRA’s Executive Director

By Justin Stakes

Chatsworth, IL -(AmmoLand.com)- We have been watching another American city, Milwaukee, set to the torch because of civil unrest.

The problems in Milwaukee are not different than those in other major cities, the causes of which I have addressed before. We cozy up in our favorite chair and watch the professionals handle it on our favorite news broadcast. We never think about how many of those professionals there are and what would happen to us if they couldn’t show up. The reason it is called the “Thin Blue Line” is because there is a finite number of them, something many don’t like to think about.

At any one time there are about 184,000 policemen on duty, including command staff. That is equivalent to one for about 2,070 people, or one policemen. That is ok as long as everything goes well. The problem is that it is not going very well. When the fabric of society begins to tear apart as it is in Milwaukee and has in other cities, like Baltimore or Ferguson, Missouri, police have to leave their normal areas …Read the Rest

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