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To: ex91B10
The state of Michigan, where I live, just announced the layoff of 100 Michigan state police officers. I believe this will become a pattern nationwide.

Every American citizen had better realize where we as a nation are. No government, state or federal can protect anyone. It's time for Americans to take control of their own lives and do the right thing to stop all crime. That would include crimes by any government entity.

10 posted on 05/09/2009 6:04:40 AM PDT by exnavy (I'll keep my God and my guns, the dems can keep the change.)
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To: exnavy
The state of Michigan, where I live, just announced the layoff of 100 Michigan state police officers

That just means we will be able to drive a little faster on the freeway........

14 posted on 05/09/2009 6:18:44 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
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To: exnavy; Popman

I’m happy about the outcome but from what I know as an armed citizen, by law, you can only use deadly force until the threat is stopped if your life is threatened. So shooting at the driver during the confrontation is justified in this case but shooting out the tires of a fleeing vehicle is outside that definition.

Again, I’m glad the perps were arrested but at the same time I fear the liberal government will use cases like this as justification to further restrict our rights.

Exnavy, Michigan is the canary in the coal mine for what’s happening in this country.


16 posted on 05/09/2009 6:26:27 AM PDT by b359 (The goat is old and gnarly....)
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To: exnavy
Every American citizen had better realize where we as a nation are. No government, state or federal can protect anyone.

Moreover, the police have NO legally enforceable duty to protect ANYONE. That's a fact that most citizens are unaware of. The primary duty of the police is to draw white lines around the bodies of dead citizens and collect evidence in an attempt to solve crimes and apprehend criminals after the fact. Crime prevention is an afterthought.

If you want protection in real time, you'll just have to provide it yourself.

My concealed carry instructor put it best. He said, "I would love to have an armed police officer everywhere I go to protect me from the bad guys. But at my age a police officer is just too heavy to carry. That's why I carry a concealed weapon instead."

37 posted on 05/09/2009 7:24:11 AM PDT by behzinlea
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