"We don't have to protect you and we won't let you protect yourself."
I'm currently reading a book about the Rape of Manila in 1945. Your suggestion seems to be at best a hit or miss proposition... mostly miss.If we love and respect everyone we come across perhaps everything will be ok.
A friend once stopped by my apartment in Berea, Ohio to report a woman screaming in the Metropark. He called a total of three times. We later found out the calls were being relayed to the Metroparks Rangers. Their response time? Twenty five years and counting...I live in Atlanta, a pretty major city. Average response times to emergency calls - burglar-in-house/assault-in-progress type calls - is 10 minutes. Ten minutes is a LONG time to be on your own without the right tools.
Fortunately, my nation and state do not (yet) force me to choose between having the right tools and being in compliance with the letter of the law.
That's SOP. Recall Ted Kennedy's bodyguard caught illegally carrying an Uzi SMG in Washington, DC.They not only "know what's best", they also have armed security around them.
Or Bloomberg getting special treatment from Bermuda so his armed guards could have their guns in a peaceful area where the cops are unarmed. Who was HE afraid of in Bermuda?That's SOP. Recall Ted Kennedy's bodyguard caught illegally carrying an Uzi SMG in Washington, DC.
This is based on The Divine Right of Kings, which includes The Right of High Justice. Only the King and his representatives have the right to kill or injure subjects. Individual subjects do not have the right to kill or injure anyone unless they have been given this right by a representative of the Crown. Even the declared intent of self-defense is illegal and technically a sin against God.[E]ven intending to use a legal item as a weapon and keeping it as such is identified as planning ahead of time to do something predatory and illegal.
This is based on The Divine Right of Kings, which includes The Right of High Justice. Only the King and his representatives have the right to kill or injure subjects. Individual subjects do not have the right to kill or injure anyone unless they have been given this right by a representative of the Crown. Even the declared intent of self-defense is illegal and technically a sin against God.
I'm glad that I'm not a Subject - so far... .
-And the wanna-be aristos of all political parties as well as the new kings of Silicon Valley and Hollywood want to spread this feudalism as far and wide as possible under its new label, "Democratic Socialism".So, feudalism is still alive and practiced.
UK law allows for 'reasonable force' in self defence; this is usually interpreted as 'you can hit him with the cricket bat to protect yourself but not if he is unconscious on the floor'.
I live in the UK. I, like most people I know, do not live in fear of crime, of being robbed, burgled, assaulted or murdered. I live in a nice market town with a low crime rate. My sons live in cities, members of my family live in London and other bits of the UK. They do not live in fear of crime or especially feel the need to be prepared for self defence beyond usual sensible precautions (locking doors etc.).