No quotes this time, just see this interesting article at John Lott's Website: Privatizing Law Enforcement in Southern Oregon.  Included is a scan of a newspaper clipping for a small newspaper that doesn't have an online presence.

Basically, there isn't enough tax money to pay the sheriff's department, so people have started buying more guns than usual, and the sheriff is going to be holding courses for the area citizens to help them learn about self defense, defense of property, and the legal implications thereof.