When the Riots Begin

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If you live in America, you should buy a gun. A handgun to start but an AK-47 would probably be better. Learn to use it at the range and at least figure out how to chamber the round and switch the safety off. You are going to need these skills.

The ongoing political saga in California has created much of the preconditions for civil unrest. No matter what actually happens it is a certainty that hundreds of thousands of predominantly young Latino kids are going to be either thrown onto the streets or squeezed out of overcrowded classrooms. During these times of economic distress, the Californian Legislature is adamant about not raising taxes to fill a $25 billion hole in the FY 2010 Budget. Without additional revenue, the only other alternative is to cut spending. And the biggest item on the chopping block is expenditure on education for kids in poorer districts. As another wave of foreclosures sweep through the country and more families are forced into homelessness, the country may be forced over the tipping point.

What will you do when the riots start?

Ruveyn, as much of a practical solution that would be, some of us would like to avoid that. <.< i'm up for using crowd control weapons though (non lethal ones).

Well Monty, i reckon that in the same way Quebec and France are an ocean apart, so is Cali and the Asian continent? <.<

Where were you in '92? California (or at least L.A.) has already had riots. That's nice that from as far away as Singapore you are paying close attention to Californian school budgets. But your guess on what will happen because of them and how people should respond is way off base.

Frankly, I see California as a test tube of what's going to happen to all the nation if nothing is done to stop it.

If the state burns when they can't pay bills and people start getting violent, it will be used to test what does and doesn't work to maintain the power of those in power. It will also be used to see how much sympathy is found nationwide for those rioting or if people support the action of the government to maintain order.

All the mismanagement going on in California has been developing on a national level, and all the cries to avoid such bad choices have gone largely unheeded.

As much as I'd like to see California crumble, I doubt that's going to happen just because of their budget crisis. That's too bad, since it's a perfectly nice place that's unfortunately full of Californians, and anything to reduce their numbers would be a blessing, but I just don't see it happening. I'd agree with the man from Singapore that the residents of the PRK should snap up as many guns as possible, though my reason would be to get them before that misguided state enacts any more foolish restrictions rather than for riot protection, though they'll work just fine if it came to that.

It's more likely that China will have riot problems. Those ret*ds in charge should be put out of power IMNSHO...

One of my greatest fears is a breakdown in society...