From the police perspective (yes, I am)...
Jimmy, you live in Rutherford County and pay RuCo taxes, right? Would you like a tax increase to better afford more deputies, cars, and equipment? No? Neither do your (and my) neighbors. That's what it all boils down to. Even then, there's no possible way to be able to put enough units on the roads to deter every single crime. Also, those DUI checkpoints are Federally funded through grants for the OT. Which you still pay for, but you pay Uncle Sam who then gives it back to the locals.
Sure, we can point the finger at RCSO for not patrolling during broad daylight at a secluded boat ramp. But is that the county's responsibility or TWRA? Or the CoE? But would it help? No. Look at Jefferson Springs. RCSO patrols there every night, but the shady crap still goes on because it's IMPOSSIBLE to be at every square inch of the county at a given time.
Sure, we can say that Gregg exercising his 2nd Amendment rights might have helped. In his situation, it wouldn't have mattered one way or the other. He still would have been shot and he'd still be dead. Kinda hard to draw on a guy who already had his gun in his hand.
We can all MMQB every bit of this, but instead of focusing on what "could" have happened, why not put your efforts to good use and join us in a benefit tournament on Nov. 7 to raise reward money so maybe someone might be a little more interested in turning in a cold-blooded killer? Let's face it, $1000 isn't enough money for someone to put their life on the line by snitching out a murderer, is it?
Tournament info can be found
HERE.