Only the police should have guns! (RSA)

[El Tejon]

A policeman in Azania demonstrates what happens when only the government has guns: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060404/ap_on_re_af/south_africa_rampage

 

[ArmedBear]

South Africa?

How about right here in California?

Rape with a foreign object:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/kgtv/20060310/lo_kgtv/3320751

Assault on a slower twosome at the country club with a cocked handgun:
http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=5&id=26514

DUI and hit and run of a road sign on the way to work:
http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/11435325p-12178065c.html

Check forgery (using a check from a stolen car he impounded) and attempted theft of valuables from the evidence room:
http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_3656554

Assault and battery (off duty, punched someone while displaying his CCW pistol to prevent self-defense by the guy he punched):
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld...0.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_crime_courts

Hitting girlfriend and beating her 15-year-old son who intervened:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld...2.htm?source=rss&channel=cctimes_crime_courts

Grand Theft Auto, etc.:
http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2005/12/23/n/HeadlineNews/DEPUTY/resources_bcn_html

These are all news stories from the past few months.

Some of those charged may be found not guilty, of course.

But it's not just some nutcase in South Africa that makes me adamant about citizens' right to self defense, and serious restraints on the power of government employees.