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Originally Posted by lookout123
Having a gun means nothing. Having a gun and being ready, willing, and able to use it if necessary means you are less likely to be a victim. It is pro active in that you aren't just waiting for the cops to take your statement if someone wants to harm you.
Your first statement about community policing and crime prevention is accurate. They are proactive methods for deterring crime but they are not 100% successful in eliminating crime. Taking personal responsibility for you and yours is the next obvious step.
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I absolutely agree that every citizen not only has the right, but the responsibility to protect oneself, family and property - by the means with which they are most comfortable - for you it is a gun, for me it is not.
But that does not in any way detract from the need for a well-staffed and well-trained police force and one that focuses as much on prevention and deterrence as it does on apprehension....programs that are currently facing severe budget pressures.
An armed populace will not replace a civil police force accountable to the public. The wild west concept of vigilante justice does not play well today.