[MtnClimber]

When the signal goes up (possibly from Iran), how many terrorist cells across the country would go into action, all at the same time?

[eyeamok]

In the United State of America the Police have NO LEGAL DUTY to protect the citizens, See Supreme Court of Despots.

[Gaffer]

The he USSC has said that they aren’t required to protect you. They only need uphold the law.

[rktman]

Been like that for decades.

[SaxxonWoods]

That’s why “location, location, location” is more important than ever.

[ClearCase_guy]

If a citizen were to “deal with” a criminal by themselves — the cops would be on that one right quick. Big trouble for helpful citizen.

[Organic Panic]

BUT the police will be there to arrest, imprison, or kill you when you do protect yourself.

[CodeToad]

Castle Rock was my old stomping ground as we lived in Larkspur. The Gonzales case confirmed two things at the US Supreme Court level:

1. The police are not required to show if called.
2. The police are not required to perform heroics if they do show.

Without question, the Castle Rock v. Gonzales case confirmed those two items and that we are responsible for our own defense.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

If I were a liberal Jew and had the choice of allying myself with those who want me dead or those who won't let me have an abortion and discourage me from letting my freak flag fly, then I would choose the people who want me dead.

A life without ready access to abortions and perverted sex is just not worth living.

[kawhill]

Where I live in central Kansas I’m at least 15 minutes away from a sheriff’s deputy arrival and that is he/she happens to be patrolling in the area. A lot of bad things can happen in 15 minutes.

[where's_the_Outrage?]

At about 3:20 a.m., Gonzalez arrived at the police station, and with a handgun he bought hours earlier, opened fire. The police finally did their duty and helped him commit suicide by cop.

A short distance way, they found Gonzalez’s pickup, and in it, the bodies of his daughters. He murdered them hours earlier.

Should have added this to the posting.

[Salman]

It's always been true the the police can't be relied on to protect you. What really has changed is that the ruling class no longer is in favor of public safety in a general way.

And there always was some Jew hatred around. But it wasn't coming from the elite.

[PROCON]

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[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Professional police officers want to save lives, they want to be heroes, but there are very few of them, lots of criminals and far more citizens.

I am going to argue with that.

Yes, they "want to be heroes" but there is not enough actual crime for them to do that. Certainly not the "get your face on TV" crime. And there is the other side of it, they might get hurt and the mantra of the police is "Above all it is important that I get home safe". Are there police officers who ignore this manta and do their job? Yes. No doubt about it. Are they the majority? Honestly, not sure.

What is sure is that in the name of "Officer Safety" we are allowing the police to turn off their brains and follow policies that, while appropriate under some conditions are certainly not appropriate to all. The Elise Brown case is one where the police should have engaged brain before acting.

And as to there being "very few police" not really. They certainly seem to come out of the woodwork for non-crimes and civil offenses. Six police for a noise complaint, eight for what was at most a D&D, and ten for a guy watering his friend's flowers. (No euphemism, old guy in the yard, with a hose, watering flowers)

Are there a "lot" of criminals? Crime is actually going down in most of the country even as more and more places "beef up" their police forces. This leads to, once again, there being very few opportunities for the police to play the hero.

We have so few criminals that the fed gov is kindly importing any number of them to give the police something to do. Which seems to be, arrest the citizen who defends himself.

So I am going to disagree with this part of the article although not with the overall concept that you have to depend on yourself because the police will mostly not help you.

Not, I think, what he meant to say but it is what he said.

[wastedyears]

Duuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh

[Dick Bachert]

HELLER V. DC Cops have no mandate to protect INDIVIDUALS, only to maintain general order in society.

[Blood of Tyrants]

In the first comment, a person who claims to be a retired LEO and has “a little knowledge on this subject” and obviously did not read the entire article, suggests that the woman sue the police department. Which is exactly what she did and the Supreme Court ruled - once again - that the police have no duty to act.

[sport]

All the Colorado cops are going to do is eat the hell out of you. Or put you in the back of a Police Car and let a freight train hit you. Don’t beat that, watch you tube. They particularly enjoy beating the hell out of old ladies with dementia.