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U.S. Border Crossings Spark Civilian Patrols
Ariz. Groups Aim to Stop Illegal ImmigrantsNote: Glenn Spencer says that this story is inaccurate. The reporter misquotes Spencer, who never said, "It will be a think tank-neighborhood patrol," or, "We carry guns, because our position is guns are not illegal." Spencer says that reporter Nieves is confused.
By Evelyn Nieves
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 12, 2003; Page A03TOMBSTONE, Ariz. -- About one block from the legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral, Chris Simcox, a slight, wiry former schoolteacher, was sounding off about the rampant lawlessness he says has once again taken hold in these here parts.
"It's the Wild West all over again," Simcox said as a stagecoach escorting tourists through quaint little streets clop-clopped past his office at the Tombstone Tumbleweed newspaper. "Our government should be patrolling this country. But it isn't. We're just gonna have to do it ourselves."
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