| benao87 said:
Additionally, I do find funny the argument of certain people here, so, the US is a safe place to live as long as you have a gun to protect your property and your loved ones. Wtf, isn't the police there rather competent, or what? |
In the cities the police don't have much control unless it's a city that has really strict regulations (i.e New York City - essentially a police-state) and even then there is high crime. In the rural areas response time can be up to 10-20 minutes. Furthermore, police can be part of the problem. Their job is to enforce the law, that's it. This has been concluded in many court cases.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia
http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/torts/torts-keyed-to-dobbs/governmental-entities-and-officers/riss-v-new-york/
http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/library/primary-sources/lynch-v-nc-dept-justice-1989
"Our law is that in the absence of a special relationship, such as exists when a victim is in custody or the police have promised to protect a particular person, law enforcement agencies and personnel have no duty to protect individuals from the criminal acts of others; instead their duty is to preserve the peace and arrest law breakers for the protection of the general public."
Ultimately, the second amendment is there to leave room for the possibility of violent overthrowing of tyrannical governments.
