And yet one Minnesota liberal was pro Second Amendment as the final “protection against an arbitrary and tyrannical government”. But that was 1960 (Hubert Humphrey).
Hmmmmmmm, during my adult life (some 40 years thus far) I (or my spouse)have displayed a firearm on four(4) occasions to dissuade an individual with violent criminal intent towards our family or an innocent third party in our presence. That stat would translate to approximately 22 MILLION!!!!! defensive displays of a firearm per year were my family ‘average’. This does not count two occasions on which I bluffed before the days of routine CC. Sadly, for many years we were well above ‘average’ because being saddled with the liberal disorder I lived in a sketchy neighborhood. Of course the true average is about 2 - 3 million incidents per year almost none of which (like all of mine) come to the attention of either cops or media BECAUSE NO SHOTS WERE FIRED and also because bringing the cops into such a situation is useless (more on that in a moment or even dangerous.
Interactions with cops- enough to hold them in utter contempt.
1) Call cops to 911 a shooting at an rental house down the block. Cops take 40 minutes to arrive. While waiting I note the individual who is cleaning up the shooter’s brass. When cops arrive i attempt to approach them with the data. Detective draws down and threatens me. Threatens me with immediate arrest when I try to explain.
2) Call cops to report serious gang activity on the block. Watch cop car arrive (from from window), gangbangers surround car and dare cops to get out. Cops turn tail & leave. Call 911 again. Cops come straight to my door- thus fingering me to the bad guys. Advice from cops? Move!!! Car window got shot out that night. Found later than the 911 calls and all cop records of visits to mt abode had dissapeared.
3) Auto incident a block from the house. Clear fault of the guy driving drunk in his boss’s panel van. Boss turned out to be a city councilman. My wife got the ticket. I got threatened with immediate arrest for daring to dispute. Only possible resort- imprecatory Prayer. Within two weeks of steady Petition the Councilman received severe burns when the deep fat fryer at his chicken joint had a mishap. Prayer Answered.
4) Angry ‘neighbor’ threatens violence because I dared tell him that his pitbull which attacked my wife in our yard needed to be leashed 24 X 7 in the future. Call cops. Their response- move. Only possible resort- imprecatory Prayer. Within two weeks of steady Petition the ‘neighbor’ collapsed with a severe stroke. Prayer Answered.
Best way to avoid trouble- avoid sketchy people and places. Live where the demographics aren’t sketchy. CC and learn to do so effectively.