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In reply to the discussion: Here is when I bought my first gun [View all]Bake
(21,977 posts)Scenario (which I've been through IRL): Somebody is trying to break into your home. Or pushing against you on the front door. Call the cops? Sure. If the bad guy gets in, by the time the cops get there, somebody is already dead. The police are NEVER going to get there in time to protect my family in that scenario.
And explain to me why in this scenario I should trust law enforcement, when TIME AFTER TIME law enforcement has proven it can't be trusted: police brutality cases almost every single day (how about the homeless guy they beat TO DEATH?), abuses of power, etc. What if the cop has just had a bad day and he's not a hurry to get anywhere?
Do I trust my family's LIVES to that? Not just no but HELL NO.
If that's an NRA talking point, sorry. Just calmly explain to me why I should trust the cops, using something besides "it's an NRA talking point."
Bake