Posted on 03/08/2013 3:26:51 PM PST by NoGrayZone
James O’Keefe’s latest video shows the ugly truth: if you don’t own a gun, you are on your own. In the video, he goes into police stations (predominately in the anti-gun Northeast) and collects a shocking harvest of responses from officers about how the police have no ability to protect them.
Traffic and time prevent effective responses to 911 calls. O’Keefe’s undercover protagonist pushes the issue, “well, how am I supposed to protect my family if I don’t have a gun?”
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That is IF they can even get there, as the video suggested!
So...get a gun. What's to not understand? Get a gun...learn how to use it. No big deal. Legal or not...just do it. Argue with the knuckleheads later...if necessary. At least you will be around to do it.
What exactly is your dysfunction? Next time, don’t be so uppity.
And I’m sure it’s a very long wait as well.
Yay a NGZ thread! :D
Warren v. District of Columbia
The 2nd Amendment arguably clarifies that citizens their own police force.
Critiques welcome.
Why should they? After all, they get paid for drawing chalk lines, stringing yellow tape, taking reports, testifying in court, putting in their shifts, and (who knows?) maybe eventually even "solving" your crime - or maybe not... probably not. They don't get paid to protect you. They aren't even required to respond to your pleas for help.
If you want protection and aren't allowed to carry or possess a gun, hire a body guard service. That's what your politicians do - except they pay for them with YOUR tax money.
Sweet deal if you can get it.
Those in Ny and other places should not move south, we should drive Fidel Cuomo and his ilk underground.
Call the Police and report your house on fire.
Response time is a lot quicker, the Fire Department doesn’t wait for backup and they don’t shoot your dog.
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“The fat cops sitting behind their desks munching donuts -—”
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How original !!!!!!!
Surely you can come up with something better than that.
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You are correct. At the time of the Founding there weren’t organized police forces as we know them today. They evolved from the old constable/sheriff system in the 19th Century. So, an Originalist would say there is no constitutional right to police protection.
Yeah, and just TRY to strike up a conversation with a police officer while you’re wearing or carrying a gun.
Unless you meet him at a shooting range, or you know the cop personally, you will usually not enjoy the encounter. Cops treat armed civilians as suspects first, citizens second.
(Pardon my broad generalizations but I find police to be exceedingly rude when it comes to armed civilians, even though they need our help more than they’re willing to admit.)
Didn’t need an undercover video. I’d have told you that straight up and in fact, did
How original !!!!!!!
Surely you can come up with something better than that.
Did you actually look at those fat cops? My guess is most of them would drop dead of heart attacks if they had to chase a perp 50 yards.
They are fat, slovenly, indifferent. Yes. They are typical donut munchers! Time servers, clock punchers, basically useless.
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