When Public Order Collapses...

The wealthy hire private security. This has been true throughout history. It is true today. L.A.’s Arms Race of the Affluent

Progressives in LA and Beverley Hills are buying weapons, armored Mercedes-Benz, and the like. They are having bullet-proof glass installed in their homes. Those who can afford it are paying for private security.

They say that a conservative is a liberal who has been mugged. In this case, that is mostly in the figurative sense, but it is happening.

On Nissel’s street in West L.A., a number of WhatsApp neighborhood watch groups have agreed to collaborate in the event of civil unrest. “They designate people to block the streets with private cars and surveil the streets,” Nissel says. Some of his most progressive colleagues are arming themselves, including many who “never held a weapon, never considered holding a weapon, but now feel like it would be irresponsible not to.”

As for the cars...

Or hit the streets in a luxo ride retrofitted with countermeasures like electrified door handles, run-flat tires and armor plating that can withstand military ordnance—say, the $650,000 Mercedes-Benz S680 Guard, which can repel assault rifle rounds and the detonation of hand grenades, or the $1 million tanklike SUV from Latvia’s Dartz Motorz Co.

There is, as always, a lack of training. And there is a sudden increased interest in obtaining a concealed carry permit. In California. Among the progressive "elite." I guess they have been mugged. (Hat tip to Bacon Time!!!!)