A Nation of Cowards

[Jamie6.5]

Here is an essay by Jeffry R. Snyder that, while 16 years old, is still very pertinent today.
A good read, and a must read for anyone who believes in the 2nd Amendment.
It is politically un-partisan in it's tone. Both dems and repubs get blasted.

A government that abrogates any of the Bill of Rights, with or without majoritarian approval, forever acts illegitimately, becomes tyrannical, and loses the moral right to govern

http://www.thefiringline.com/Misc/library/cowards.html

Our society suffers greatly from the beliefs that only official action is legitimate and that the state is the source of our earthly salvation. Both liberal and conservative prescriptions for violent crime suffer from the "not in my job description" school of thought regarding the responsibilities of the law-abiding citizen, and from an overestimation of the ability of the state to provide society's moral moorings. As long as law-abiding citizens assume no personal responsibility for combating crime, liberal and conservative programs will fail to contain it.

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[jeddedia]

Is your life worth protecting? If so, whose responsibility is it to protect it? If you believe that it is the police's, not only are you wrong -- since the courts universally rule that they have no legal obligation to do so -- but you face some difficult moral quandaries. How can you rightfully ask another human being to risk his life to protect yours, when you will assume no responsibility yourself? Because that is his job and we pay him to do it? Because your life is of incalculable value, but his is only worth the $30,000 salary we pay him? If you believe it reprehensible to possess the means and will to use lethal force to repel a criminal assault, how can you call upon another to do so for you?

Wow a great read!

 

[PlayboyPenguin]

The idea that it is the job of law enforcement to protect us is ridiculous. Law enforcement does just that...it enforces the law. Meaning that it often cannot even begin to take action until after the law has been violated. Once they are involved it is usually too late to prevent the crime. All you can hope for is that the perpetrator is punished for the crime they committed. It is up to the individual to take reasonable measures to ensure their own safety and see to it that they do not become a case requiring law enforcement's intervention.

 

[Stomper]

+1 to ALL the above!!

 

[capdek]

That article is one of the most rational, sensible and balanced arguments I have ever seen for why recognition of the right of the people to keep and bear arms is so important. It should be required reading by everyone!

 

[Jamie6.5]

I kinda thought so too Cap.
Pass if on around!

 

[torpedoman]

If you stop to think our founding fathers were the elite of their day , They had it made under the english rule , most owing substancial property, These were wealthy men who risked loosing everythin including their lives to give us what we have or had, just how many of us would give up the comfort of home and hearth to live in starving,cold conditions to protect what they so generously gave us?

 

[clearconscience]

The idea that it is the job of law enforcement to protect us is ridiculous. Law enforcement does just that...it enforces the law. Meaning that it often cannot even begin to take action until after the law has been violated. Once they are involved it is usually too late to prevent the crime. All you can hope for is that the perpetrator is punished for the crime they committed. It is up to the individual to take reasonable measures to ensure their own safety and see to it that they do not become a case requiring law enforcement's intervention.

When seconds count, a cop is just minutes away.

This is true people can push the law and make you literally a prisoner in your own home. The police can do nothing until the law is broken. And then can only act when they can provide a case. If not then the act goes without justice. Are justice system is built to protect the guilty and endanger the innocent.
Last time I checked calling 911 doesn't make you bullet proof.

 

[jeddedia]

When seconds count, a cop is just minutes away.

This is true people can push the law and make you literally a prisoner in your own home. The police can do nothing until the law is broken. And then can only act when they can provide a case. If not then the act goes without justice. Are justice system is built to protect the guilty and endanger the innocent.
Last time I checked calling 911 doesn't make you bullet proof.

And it has been so ingrained into the people's heads that 911 is the answer to a break in or the guy holding a family at gunpoint, etc.

 

[Joe Link]

Awesome read, thanks.