Reply #34: Translation: Look at a map of Hudspeth County... [View All]

[SteveM]

and its huge border with Mexico, stretching from Acala, through Esperanza all the way to the corner of Jeff Davis County and not touching an incorporated town the whole way! You expect local LEO to be worth something in the face of a full-blown drug war on the other side of the Rio Grande? You can put Elliot Ness, Omar Smedley or Wyatt Earp in charge and get the same advice: arm yourself.

Now, what is it he is supposed to do, Arctic? Please tell us, is he supposed to "protect" us from the cartels? How far is it from Salt Flat to McNary?