People suck when it comes to calculating odds. That's why casinos are so wealthy and the gullible flock to buy lottery tickets when the jackpot rises and the chance of winning it falls.

Same with guns. The possibility of anyone invading your home is tiny. but many more times greater that someone living in that house will get shot by that gun. The real false sense of security is believing that gun will be useful if ever needed.

More guns = less safety.

The chance/odds of winning the lottery stays the same, regardless of the size of the jackpot.

I use to think that. I’ve had my life threatened only one time in my 48 years of life. What are the odds of my life being threatened again in the hopefully 30+ years of life I have left? Due to Obama’s class and race war policies I think the chance of having my life threatened once again is about 80%. So I’m arming myself and putting in counter safety measures. You reap what you sow, and if you're foolish enough to trust those who have shown to detest you, don't be surprised when things do not end up well. Buy as many guns and boxes of ammunition that you can afford, get training as the Sheriff said and be alert. ObamaCare mandates starting in 2014 may be the spark that sets this all off.

I propose all of those AGAINST guns ought to post a sign in their yard and let the world know that.

That's idiotic (no surprise). All you really need is a ADT sign or similar.

The idea that "bad guys," as the childish minds in the NRA likes to call them, are just busting into people's homes when they are home is extremely rare.

I know you will bleat out -- "but at least I'm protected." Not really, when the chance of someone being killed or injured by the gun are much greater than the imaginary protection it affords.

But one nice thing about the sign Donny. At least you know the kids will be safer playing over at these homes.

Not really all that rare, Sparky.

http://shorewood.patch.com/articles/2-more-home-burglaries-overnight-on-tuesday

Didn't we recently have a string of home burglaries in Shorewood where the criminal entered homes that were occupied at the time?

It looks like Bob beat me to it...

Neither of those incidents are as drama queen Clarke describes it where the home owner is at personal risk. Both are cases where the doors were open and they came it, scooped up what was at hand, and left.

Keith:

Were the burglars not entering people's homes while they were there? Your statement was that it was "extremely rare", but recent events show it to be more common than you claim.

Admittedly I was wrong in the way I put, but I didn't spend thousands of dollars of county money to go on the air and play drama queen with the facts. And you don't have a problem with that?

I think Clarke said what needed to be said. Police response times in Milwaukee are pathetic--people really are better off defending themselves. Hopefully Clarke's words will inspire Barrett and/or Flynn to improve the situation.

I'm from western N C. and would like to tell Sheriff Clarke HOW MUCH WE ADMIRE HIM! That interview with Morgan and the Brit, really burns me up. Seems most of the county's all over America are taking a stand. He has 100% behind him in his decision to stand for the Bill of Rights and the Constitution . Our Prez. dislikes .
America and to want to bring it down, He is actually starting his campaign for 2016. A 3 term president. With out arms we would have to succumb to HIS government.
If I knew Clarke's phone ## I would call him direct. He deserves to have a gold medal for not loosing his cool with the liberal tv news and newspapers'.

While I think you're right that this amounts to a shot at Abele more than anything, I doubt his words will have anywhere near the effect on guns sales as has the call for stiffer gun regulations and bans of certain types of weapons that's been pretty much non-stop since the Newton MA tragedy. In terms of understanding consequences, intended or otherwise, there's a lot to be learned all the way around.

I wasn't sure why Clark was speaking out(see my post above). I think you are on to something here Lyle

From the statement issued:

"With officers laid-off and furloughed, simply calling 9-1-1 and waiting is no longer your best option."

I think he was pretty straightforward on that, actually. This is one of his milder references. It's Clarke. You're gonna get this with him. I can tolerate it given the way he cleaned up the lakefront a few years back with a show of force. We've got a city police force that seems to have a hard time even showing up under the best conditions, with a chief who can't keep his billy club in his pants and an inability to properly track crime trends in the community. Having a little harda-- backup out there when necessary isn't the worst thing in the world. You take the good with the bad.

It was more that private groups got together to populate the Lake front and come up with activities. Sure the policing helped, but Clarke doesn't deserve all the credit.

And this implication of people partnering with him implies that the county sheriff do the kind of policing, which they don't. So the ad is bogus.

Response times in Milwaukee city have been a problem and appear to be getting worse. It's hard to praise 'fast response time' when it isn't.

http://media.jsonline.com/images/RESPONSE19G1.jpg

I think that Clarke's statement was intended to send a strong message to Barrett and Flynn that they need to be doing better.

Gardenlady, where did you read that, about the lady in jail as of last night? Can you post a link?

Erase this Tom. Libtards dont like facts or logic. They only like emotion.

@The Donny Show....You have proven again that you're an intellectual giant!

dills-
My wife and I took a course two weeks ago and received our permits last week. We live in WFB and even though it appears safer than some of the places we've lived (Atlanta, Memphis, Phoenix) it's always better to be prepared.

You are the mud.

Really Bob? Did I offend your delicate sensitivities? I'm so...damned...sorry. Didn't know Patch put you in charge here. But I guess from all the time you spend on this thing, not hard to imagine you'd think that.

You know I'm right, thus you whine. I'm sure AWD will be along any second to justify this.

Within two hours our local John Wayne will be on Charlie's show crying about how that bad man from England made fun of his inability to come up with any instances of someone using a gun to defend himself.

Bob's thin-skinned answer coming in three..two...one.

No Keith just pointing out the obvious. You're the embodiment of everything you complain about here. Your fixation on race is no different than that of AWD.

In your world Bob it is soooo inappropriate to point out racism, but not so much to act like one.

I realize of course that I don't spend the millions of hours on Patch that you do so pardon me if I missed it, but when have you tsk'ed tsk'ed people like AWD and many others. Once or twice ain't gonna cut it since as the resident towering intellectual who happens to vote the straight GOP ticket, you are Bobby on the spot when it comes to me, but why is it I never see you doing the same thing with others?

Keith, the only difference between you and AWD is that AWD is smart enough to do his race baiting anonymously. Other than that, and the fact that you complain about the place constantly, claim you're going to stay away and then jump right back in, you guys are opposite sides of the same coin.

I wonder if Rees Roberts knows Keith Schmitz...

Constantly? Maybe it feels that way to you because you like one side of that coin. And please tell us. How is calling out racism, racism? In what your universe does that exist, except yours of bogus cynicism straight Republican ticket voting.

Smart enough to do his race baiting anonymously? Yeah Bob. Throwing out racist epithets while hiding behind a screen name is so courageous and so adds to the dialogue. You provide so much amusement.

As far as me coming off and on, I'll do whatever I damned well please. I know you think you own this blog because this is the sum total of your life, but you'll just have to live with it. Sorry.

How the hell you come off as so presumptuous is unbelievable.

Making baseless claims of racism is not 'calling out racism', Keith. That sort of thing contributes more to the problem instead of working toward a solution...

Yes, Keith, he's smarter than you. He race baits from behind the cloak of anonymity. You race bait using your real name. That's just plain stupid.

How is Sheriff Clarke advocating a "Wild West Mentality"? He's not encouraging anyone to go out into the streets and hunt down bad guys. He's rightly stating that 911 response times are too slow, and you are probably better off being ready and able to defend yourself rather than waiting for the police to arrive.