[kevkrom]

Whoa - that bit of quote flies in the face of a much prior and dated SCOTUS ruling in that police had no responsibility in PERSONAL security of individuals and their property, but were officers of the court responsible for investigation and apprehension of criminals for the sake of public order - I had that citation and whole opinion at one time but misplaced it somewhere.

Re-read the context. Scalia is dismissing those arguments as irrelevant in the face of the 2nd Amendment.

[LastDayz]

 

OK - got it. Found and downloaded the entire PDF - page 67 it is. Yes indeed - he is explaining what it is NOT. Makes the job easier at explaining a fews things to the uninitiated.