{"id":24666,"date":"2011-01-06T07:53:55","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T07:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/01\/06\/is-being-armed-the-best-way-to\/"},"modified":"2011-01-06T07:53:55","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T07:53:55","slug":"is-being-armed-the-best-way-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/06\/is-being-armed-the-best-way-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Is being armed the best way to thwart an armed robbery?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was just across the river from me:<\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com\/global\/video\/videoplayer.js?rnd=743280;hostDomain=video.minneapolis.cbslocal.com;playerWidth=450;playerHeight=375;isShowIcon=true;clipId=5443206;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=News;advertisingZone=CBS.MINN\/worldnowplayer;enableAds=false;landingPage=null;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It looks like this may have stopped a local crime wave of armed robberies in the area.   More inf <a href=\"http:\/\/minnesota.cbslocal.com\/2011\/01\/05\/prepared-gas-station-owner-thwarts-robbery\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, when this couple was burglarized, there was nothing they could have done to stop it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA 28-year-old man is facing burglary charges after police say he stole items from the home of an elderly couple who had recently passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Williams, of Newport, Minn., is accused of stealing jewelry, a box of photo lockets of WWI-era pictures and two watches with the couple&#8217;s initials engraved in them on New Year&#8217;s Eve. Police say the estimated value of the jewelry is more than $1,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Note:  He was caught despite the best efforts of the residents to ignore him!<\/p>\n<p>More posts on Gun Ownership <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/politics\/gun_ownership\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was just across the river from me: It looks like this may have stopped a local crime wave of armed robberies in the area. More inf here. In contrast, when this couple was burglarized, there was nothing they could have done to stop it: A 28-year-old man is facing burglary charges after police say &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/06\/is-being-armed-the-best-way-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is being armed the best way to thwart an armed robbery?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-6pQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24666"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}