There comes a time... or there should come a time, when one would think people would sit back, look at recent events, and wonder...
... what the hell are we thinking?
Okay, it's early, I haven't had coffee yet and my shoulder hurts so this is already not starting out well, but the trend is, nevertheless, disturbing.
I'm talking about the statutorily-created defenselessness and systematic disempowering of the law-abiding citizen. It's not just here, it's arguably worse elsewhere, but the trend is fairly widespread.
I'm not sure I 'get it',,, but then I haven't really understood much of the further left methodology; though I think I have the endgame figured; for a while now.
Nevertheless, consider this morning's news:
LONDON - Police shot and killed a man wearing a thick coat at a London subway station Friday, a day after the jittery city was hit by its second wave of terrorist attacks in two weeks.The man died after being shot by officers at the Stockwell subway station in south London, police said.
A news report. Okay, accepted. As always, there is a whole lot to the story, and 'we' are going to get precious little in 4 inches of half-column text. The police were chasing someone; reason unknown; he didn't stop; reason unknown; and he was subsequently shot; resaon unknown...
so what was one of the headlines?
London man killed fleeing police The subheading was 'Gunned down in subway car'
Other headliners aren't quite so antagonistic, most just saying 'man killed', or 'Police kill man', or something like it, but the theme remains.
I'm trying, then, to figure out just to whom it is that people are supposed to turn. See, the same organizations that excoriate police at every available opportunity, tend to be the ones who tell 'the people' that all they need is 911, that no one 'needs' a gun, or to worry about self-defense, because "the police are there to protect you".
Without going too far back into that whole 'the police are there to protect you' bit, (because, in reality, they are NOT) one is nevertheless given to wonder...
if all these organizations delight so in pointing out how unjust, corrupt, inept, or otherwise generally ineffective, the police are...
... who will help us when the s*** really does hit the fan?
Update: Sorry, I should have included a link to the story, just in case someone cares.
