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X_Digger

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31. Police have no legal obligation to come when you call.

Reply to ZRT2209 (Original post)

Fri May 24, 2013, 04:31 PM

May 2013

Courts have repeatedly made that clear.

You have to decide for yourself how much you're going to rely on police that may or may not come when you call. Whether that's hardening your house (assuming you own and can make changes), getting a dog, getting an alarm, or arming yourself- there are many things you can do to insure your safety.

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Why not a "conscience clause" for those opposed to guns, akin to pharmacists [View all] ZRT2209 May 2013 OP

Did I miss something? Are we being required to own guns now? SheilaT May 2013 #1

per the teabagger argument: own a gun or getting raped is your own fault ZRT2209 May 2013 #2

Since when do we need to take anything teabaggers say in context with reality? nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #23

"Why should she be forced to pay with her life or safety because she chooses not to own a gun?" Jenoch May 2013 #3

sounds like you're saying it was her fault she was raped ZRT2209 May 2013 #4

no one said any such thing backwoodsbob May 2013 #7

Riddiculous marions ghost May 2013 #13

Shooting someone in self-defense while they are trying to rape you is not murder. (n/t) LAGC May 2013 #15

OK excuse me--let's get legal and call it homicide marions ghost May 2013 #16

Speaking as someone who's actually used a gun in self-defense NickB79 May 2013 #25

with people advocating guns as the solution marions ghost May 2013 #39

that's not a given, especially with these fucked-up right wing judges ZRT2209 May 2013 #19

I don't know how one could rationally read the post you replied to and come to that conclusion. tritsofme May 2013 #37

Gun Owners: "Join our cult or get raped" mwrguy May 2013 #5

exactly ZRT2209 May 2013 #6

+1 Nine May 2013 #12

More evidence for the basic proposition: gunners are assholes alcibiades_mystery May 2013 #14

+1. (nt) Paladin May 2013 #18

The teabagger argument is just more blame the victim twaddle magellan May 2013 #8

You rely on the cops or you rely on yourself NickB79 May 2013 #9

"conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" Recursion May 2013 #10

It takes a Republican gun nut to see things that way. Nine May 2013 #11

There are places Jenoch May 2013 #17

then don't live there ZRT2209 May 2013 #20

Well, there goes most US farmland NickB79 May 2013 #21

Or poor neighborhoods in urban centers.. X_Digger May 2013 #27

sounds like you want to live in Somalia where the biggest gun = the law ZRT2209 May 2013 #32

Sounds like you want a personal armed guard X_Digger May 2013 #33

So are we depopulating the rural countryside now? tritsofme May 2013 #36

What? Tommy_Carcetti May 2013 #22

So what are you saying kudzu22 May 2013 #24

Logic isn't your strong suit badtoworse May 2013 #26

use a gun or get raped. I love America! ZRT2209 May 2013 #29

I didn't see anyone on this thread say anything Jenoch May 2013 #40

No where is a civilian forced to own a firearm. aikoaiko May 2013 #28

if you don't want to own and use a gun, you get raped or killed. Good choices! ZRT2209 May 2013 #30

Show me where someone said that. aikoaiko May 2013 #34

Just as there are many risks and dangers associated with owning a gun. tritsofme May 2013 #38

Police have no legal obligation to come when you call. X_Digger May 2013 #31

Should the victim be prosected then HockeyMom May 2013 #35