[goldstategop]

This ruling affirms a tradition going back to the 19th century... the duty of the police is to protect society, not particular individuals. Self-defense therefore is an obligation that must be exercised by the concerned individual seeking protecting from danger.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Emmett McCarthy]

People must be capable of self-defense and that's why we need the guns more than the cops do. Cops need little notebooks and that yellow chalk to draw the outline of the body on the ground.