I would remind you to look at the Constitution again. The job of Gov’t is to support and defend the Constitution. Nothing about keeping you safe, that is your job.
No one is safe in a police state with no freedom. The Patriot Act will be used by the police state. Joy.
>> I would remind you to look at the Constitution again. The job of Gov’t is to support and defend the Constitution. Nothing about keeping you safe, that is your job.
Good grief. You should re-read it yourself. The Federal government’s responsibility for national security is codified in Article 4, section 4. It is also mentioned in the first sentence of the document (the preamble) as among the initial justifications for its writing.
Article IV, section 4 — “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union [...] and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and [...] against domestic Violence.”
“We the people of the United States, in order to [...] provide for the common defense [...] and secure the blessings of Liberty do ordain and establish this Constitution [...].”
The federal duty to protect and defend this country from foreign invasion and domestic violence is fully codified in the Constitution. I claimed no right to personal safety.
>> No one is safe in a police state with no freedom.
Granted. But our government is not the only threat to our freedom — and our government is responsible for defending this nation and its citizens from external and internal threats to that freedom.
SnakeDoc
Article 1 - The Legislative Branch ; Section 8 - Powers of Congress
To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
To provide and maintain a Navy;
To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces;
To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;