No one, anywhere, has a mandate to protect or aid anyone?
So I suppose everyone should stand around in the midst of murder, theft, and mayhem, waiting for someone to pass a legal mandate?
No wonder Illinois is so fouled up I will not even drive through it.
All that is necessary for evil to prevail is that good men do nothing.
Bottom line Joe, the Liberals voted for this crap, so I will not protect them from the fallout. Why should I save their sorry ass so they can vote for more of my rights to go down the dumper?
My stratergery is to stay out of the line of fire, and watch them kill themselves. Then after they are all dead, I can walk in and clean up.
I agree that citizens need to take responsibility. However, there is a huge difference between a citizen voluntarily deciding what he/she can handle, and a citizen who is compelled by force of law to assist in a dangerous arrest. For example, I'm five months pregnant w/ twins, but it's not obvious when I'm wearing baggy clothes. I would participate in a neighborhood watch in an instant -- but I damn well wouldn't be throwing myself into a fight and risking my babies because some officer ordered me to do so.
How can an officer determine whether a person is in any condition to help in a physical confrontation (e.g., the person may have a heart condition, or a hairline fracture, or any number of dangerous conditions, or hell, an oven at home that needs to be turned off before it sets the house on fire)? The officer can't -- that's for the free citizen to decide. Yes, we all have the responsibility for our society, but that doesn't mean we can all help physically, and that is not for the government to decide for us except possibly in WWII-level wartime mobilization.