And the police will say —you brought it all on yourself.
and do nothing. And the telephone will say they can give you a list-but it will cost—and they can change your phone number —but it will cost— and you can buy the little recorders —and perhaps get one rigged to record all calls -but that may or may not violate the law —my point is why should he —or his family be penalized —but not the cowards who are posing these threats?
You argue what should be, and in that I agree. But what should be isn’t the case right now. So people have to take precautions.
Importantly, both suggestions still apply, because while the police won’t do anything, it will “put them on your side” in case something happens. Likewise, while the phone company won’t give the data to you unless you pay them, if you request they preserve it, they probably will, so if needs be you can refer the police to them.
It also means that a person must take some common sense precautions to protect their home and family, both at home and while out in public.
As a rule of thumb, such people as would attack you are likely cowardly, impulsive, not particularly smart, and neither plan nor carry out their attack effectively.
For example, making a death threat is highly stupid. So is stalking. But if you can nail them for that, instead of putting five rounds in them, it’s just as good for ending the threat.
But if phone records show they called you, then they showed up and you put five rounds in them, the odds strongly favor the DA just shrugging and saying “Castle Doctrine. Have a nice day.”