http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/16/forward-with-the-agenda/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/16/forward-with-the-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-57919 old_dawg Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:06:49 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/04/16/forward-with-the-agenda/#comment-57919 The courts have consistently held that the government, e.g., the police, have no specific obligation to protect any individual citizen. Therefore, their primary purpose is to deter crime from wherever they happen to be and to document crimes (after the fact) wherever they are not. Criminals know this, which is why so little crime happens in police stations. Governments know this, which is why police services are consistently under-funded. Owning and carrying a gun is all about being responsible for your own security. Knowing the above facts simply clarifies the issue for me. The courts have consistently held that the government, e.g., the police, have no specific obligation to protect any individual citizen. Therefore, their primary purpose is to deter crime from wherever they happen to be and to document crimes (after the fact) wherever they are not. Criminals know this, which is why so little crime happens in police stations. Governments know this, which is why police services are consistently under-funded.
Owning and carrying a gun is all about being responsible for your own security. Knowing the above facts simply clarifies the issue for me.

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