I’ll just point out that this is the Tactical Life thread, not the “I think your concerns of lawlessness are overblown” thread. I get it. Seattle is your turf, you think things are generally fine in the CHAZ, but we’re not just talking about Seattle here.
It defies logic to imagine that criminals of all types wouldn’t gravitate towards, increase operations within and operate more brazenly in places where they can do so with reduced risk of consequences. Anyone who has raised children or even done a decent job with their dog can explain how this works. This is just picking up steam, who knows where we’ll be a year from now.
I hesitate to use the term “vigilante” group, but I’ve kind of joined one. I’m not sure what else to call it, but we’re a network of concerned and capable citizens who are ready to protect the neighborhood to the extent that we are able to. We don’t have any specific reason to believe anything will go that far south, but we’ve got a call list set up if things play out that way.
This is another great reason to train. You meet people who are serious about what they do and you really get to know someone a lot better when you train with them, no matter what you train. You don’t normally think of relationship-building as a tactical consideration, but it really is.
Who knows if everyone’s ready to answer the call or not, but at least this is a start to organizing security and agreeing on the basic mission of “protect the neighborhood if we need to”.