Small comfort to her three daughters.
And the Anti-second amendment crowd will tell you the police are there to protect you.
I can't restrain myself!
So, given this decision, then where is that ruling that the 2nd Amendment is actually a guarantee to the right of individuals to bear arms?
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Soooo who is supposed to help you if you have a restraining order against someone? (Besides Smith & Wesson) What good are they (restraining orders) if they're not going to be enforced?
This was a given. The Supreme Court has ruled on numerous occassions that the police have no obligation to protect every individual.
My advice to anyone who needs a restraining order is to hold a piece of paper in one hand and a gun in the other and try to determine which one is most likely to save your life from this type of nutcase.
The only "restraining order" anyone needs is a firearm and a sh!t-load of ammunition.
This ruling is scary (but with this court, not shocking). Sadly, if she had wanted an abortion, then she would have had a constitutional right to police enforced protection.
Those of us who are Second Amendment activists have been telling people for some time that the core fallacy of gun control is that the police are not required to protect you from the bad guys -- they only clean up the mess afterward. It's up to you to exercise your fundamentally human right to self-defense.
I remember a lot more to this particular story. The police dept. ignored her calls, telling her to wait it out, that he'd probably bring the girls home again.
Restraining Order = Piece of paper.
It's not armor against bullets.
Take precautions.
As someone who was stalked for a year I carried my firearm. To do otherwise would have been stupid. Yes the guy once caught got a felony terrioristic threatning conviction and a permanent restraining order. I am smart enough to not rely on a piece of paper. A restraining order will NOT protect you.
Though the courts ruled police can't be sued for not doing enough, does this imply that police can do nothing ? i.e. are allowed to ignore a court order altogether ?
The police in my town spend less and less time fighting crime than they do impounding cars to sell at auction.. they've turned the law into a very profitable venture for themselves.. any excuse will do, forget your license? IMPOUND. can't find your proof of insurance? IMPOUND? speeding? IMPOUND.. they rarely give out tickets anymore..they will just tow your car and leave you stranded.
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Saw that one coming... Many precidents to follow on this one.
ow hanging fruit.
It has been awhile since I read "DIAL 911 AND DIE" available at www.jpfo.org, but if I remember correctly, there are only TWO states wherein one has even a snowballs chance in hell of succeeding with a lawsuit against law enforcement.
Police do not have the "duty" to protect your person. This, despite the logo and saying that adorns many cruisers, "to protect and serv." The simple fact is, the bolded part of this article, "...The restraining orders are not worth anything...( unless police officers are willing to enforce them...this part is silly!). They are just paper," is among the more profound truths out there. Get a gun, learn how to use it, and blow the dirtbag away when next accosted.
Dial 911 indeed!
To protect and serve indeed!
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