MKEgal
Regular Member
A philosophy prof at UW-Washington County had an editorial piece published in the West Bend Daily News last Oct. (2010).
He talked about a 2A meet-n-greet at a coffee shop up there, and then noted that thousands of people go about unarmed (as though that's something to celebrate?).
He points out that people don't have to exercise their right to bear arms, which is true, but why is being defenseless celebrated when people who don't vote, or don't do jury duty, or don't worship, or [insert other right here] are looked down on?
Then he said this:
How can someone so book-smart be so ignorant???
Articles from the "no need for a gun?" thread, as well as the TV & paper news should show him that the police rarely prevent crime, and rarely stop crime; they mostly try to catch people who have committed crimes.
I'd rather be the tow-truck driver who recently stopped the attack w/ a gun, then called 911,
rather than be the tow-truck driver from a year ago who was stabbed to death.
And of course there are court cases to quote, explaining that the police have no duty to protect anyone who's not in custody.
I wonder how 'safe' he'd feel if someone broke into his home in the middle of the night, beat & bound him, & did unprintable things to his wife &/or children while he had to watch?
Wonder if he'd be wishing someone with a gun was right there to stop it?
Maybe even wishing he could stop the attack on him & his loved ones?
A lot safer to rely on police, huh?
His contact info as shown on the university "about him" page:
(262) 335-5200
mark.peterson@uwc.edu
He talked about a 2A meet-n-greet at a coffee shop up there, and then noted that thousands of people go about unarmed (as though that's something to celebrate?).
He points out that people don't have to exercise their right to bear arms, which is true, but why is being defenseless celebrated when people who don't vote, or don't do jury duty, or don't worship, or [insert other right here] are looked down on?
Then he said this:
:banghead: :cuss:We don’t even need to defend ourselves against bandits now that we have a police force.
In fact, it turns out that it’s a lot safer to let the police handle all of that for us.
How can someone so book-smart be so ignorant???
Articles from the "no need for a gun?" thread, as well as the TV & paper news should show him that the police rarely prevent crime, and rarely stop crime; they mostly try to catch people who have committed crimes.
I'd rather be the tow-truck driver who recently stopped the attack w/ a gun, then called 911,
rather than be the tow-truck driver from a year ago who was stabbed to death.
And of course there are court cases to quote, explaining that the police have no duty to protect anyone who's not in custody.
I wonder how 'safe' he'd feel if someone broke into his home in the middle of the night, beat & bound him, & did unprintable things to his wife &/or children while he had to watch?
Wonder if he'd be wishing someone with a gun was right there to stop it?
Maybe even wishing he could stop the attack on him & his loved ones?
A lot safer to rely on police, huh?
His contact info as shown on the university "about him" page:
(262) 335-5200
mark.peterson@uwc.edu
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