Posted on 03/01/2013 7:47:07 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Just as gun control posturing provides feckless politicians with a means of distracting the public from the pressing issues of the day, it also enables us to see inside the matrix, as the notion of gun control is at the nexus of several poorly understood and deliberately distorted precepts of American life.
Case in point, despite the omnipresent To protect and serve designations emblazoned on most marked police vehicles, courts at all levels have consistently held that the police have no duty to protect individuals.
In a slogan that could have come straight out of George Orwell, the so-called Public Duty doctrine states that the police owe a duty to protect the public in general, but not to protect any particular individual.
In Warren v. District of Columbia, the DC Court of Appeals ruled against Carolyn Warren, even though the aid promised via her 911 call never arrived, the overall conduct of the police was astonishingly incompetent, and she and her roommate were brutalized for 14 hours.
In Castle Rock v. Gonzales, the US Supreme Court ruled against Jessica Gonzales, who claimed that the failure of the Castle Rock, CO police to enforce a restraining order led to the murder of her three children by her estranged husband. She had contacted the police five times on the day of the homicides, pleading for help.
In Ford v. Town of Grafton, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts ruled against Catherine M. Ford, whose protective order against her estranged husband offered no real protection. Indeed, she was advised by the police to procure a gun, but failed to do so. Her former spouse continued to threaten and assault her, leading to her being shot three times and subsequently paralyzed for life
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How has that worked out so far?
How about how criminals get their guns? What idiot actually thinks they go through legal application and background checks?
We need a video of Obama and his staff threatening the nation with reduced law enforcement and national security.
Follow that with rolling script and voice over:
THIS is why American citizens NEED semi-automatic rifles with 30 round magazines.
To protect our families, our homes, our communities, and our nation, when the government FAILS in those responsibilities.
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