Thursday, October 19, 2006
Armed citixenry not needed!
One argument often used against proponents of the right to be armed is that it is unncessary, after all in any emergency the police will always come.
Of course this depends on being able to call them, so if you can call them, then the police will always come. Right?
This report here in the Daily Mail tells a different story, but don't worry it wasn't an emergency as it was only burglars. Well actually we don't really know that, because they made off before doing anything.
I quote from the intended victim: ""I can't think of a time when I have needed the police more and they were not there for me and my children. They totally let me down.
If you call 999 because you can hear someone trying to get into your house when you are alone there with your two small children and they don't come, on what occasion can you be sure the police would come? ""
She could have added and had I or my children been injured or worse, there would have been no liability attaching to the police for this basic failure in their duty, and I still have to pay money and taxes to support the police when they do nothing for me. What is more if I want to take effective steps to protect myself and my family that same police would come down on me like a tonne of bricks and I'd be subject to the full vigour of oppressive and unjust law.
Still let's not form the impression the police have done nothing, no, again from the article: "Superintendent Roger Smalley of Camden police said: "We are fully investigating the circumstances and are in contact with the lady concerned. In addition we have arranged visits with a crime prevention officer to establish the facts and address concerns."" Oh that's OK then I'm sure if it were I, a visit from the crime prevention officer would "address my concerns".
What a waste of money, resources and space our once great police forces have become; this is the legacy of Labour, a system designed to oppress the individual, whilst insidiously rotting away at institutions that were once the envy of the world.
Shame on the police and shame on Labour.
Of course this depends on being able to call them, so if you can call them, then the police will always come. Right?
This report here in the Daily Mail tells a different story, but don't worry it wasn't an emergency as it was only burglars. Well actually we don't really know that, because they made off before doing anything.
I quote from the intended victim: ""I can't think of a time when I have needed the police more and they were not there for me and my children. They totally let me down.
If you call 999 because you can hear someone trying to get into your house when you are alone there with your two small children and they don't come, on what occasion can you be sure the police would come? ""
She could have added and had I or my children been injured or worse, there would have been no liability attaching to the police for this basic failure in their duty, and I still have to pay money and taxes to support the police when they do nothing for me. What is more if I want to take effective steps to protect myself and my family that same police would come down on me like a tonne of bricks and I'd be subject to the full vigour of oppressive and unjust law.
Still let's not form the impression the police have done nothing, no, again from the article: "Superintendent Roger Smalley of Camden police said: "We are fully investigating the circumstances and are in contact with the lady concerned. In addition we have arranged visits with a crime prevention officer to establish the facts and address concerns."" Oh that's OK then I'm sure if it were I, a visit from the crime prevention officer would "address my concerns".
What a waste of money, resources and space our once great police forces have become; this is the legacy of Labour, a system designed to oppress the individual, whilst insidiously rotting away at institutions that were once the envy of the world.
Shame on the police and shame on Labour.
Tags: police, self defence, guns
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