Senior and the Neighborhood Watch Program

Some members of our community decided some time ago to start a neighborhood watch program. This decision was made prior to the entire Zimmerman/Martin issue. Senior is a very involved member in our community, our little company even has the lawn care contract. He attends monthly board meetings and is very visible throughout the day in here.

Our community is home to some 300 + residences, a clubhouse, pool, and recreation fields. It is a very nice quiet place to live. We do have our issues though, mainly with kids vandalizing the pool and clubhouse areas. Therefore, some home owners thought it would be a fantastic idea to form this watch program. Senior was all on board for it.

Then the Zimmerman case happened, and the paranoia struck. No watch member in our community would be allowed to carry concealed weapons. Senior was not a happy man. They ( the watch board members) put it in to a SOP, and wanted everyone to sign.
Senior refused and removed himself as a neighborhood watch member. For that I am so proud of him. He voiced his reasons for quitting through a group email, and stated that in no law; state or federal is there anything saying neighborhood watch members can't carry concealed. This is all a knee jerk reaction to the case in Sanford, Florida. Technically, if Senior wanted to push it, he could take legal action.
The watch committee in our community is led by an ATF pencil pusher who has in not so many words labeled Senior as a "Vigilante" because he carries. Let me remind you all, that most ATF guys believe that civilians should not own a firearm.

Senior, even though he is not in the watch program receives email updates of their little "patrols" and I must say it is all very silly and entertaining. They are now getting T-Shirts made to identify themselves as "neighborhood watch". I believe that once a person puts on that shirt...it is going to empower the individual wearing it to go beyond the definition of a "neighborhood watch" member. They have also started "roving patrols". complete with note pads, and flashlights. All I am waiting on next is little red berets...  : )
I feel like it is becoming a community police force. A person can't walk up and down the street without someone in the watch program reporting it. ..racial profiling is all ready at work with the descriptions I have seen via the emails.

But wait!!...no one can carry a concealed weapon...but can't anything become a weapon? That flashlight sure can, and so can the pen used for taking notes...again the thinking of liberal minded anti-gun activists! It  is enough to make you say "Grrrrrrr"

So, Senior and I will do what we have always done for the past 6 years ...sit in our garage, listen to the stereo at night and be our own neighborhood watch.....Stay tuned for updates...it could get interesting...