Dial 911 and Die

At Ace of Spades, Oregon Muse cites a few paragraphs from a book entitled Dial 911 and Die, The
Shocking Truth About the Police Protection Myth.

Anti-gun lobbyists get away with proposing to completely disarm the citizens only because most citizens just assume the police will protect them. That assumption is false. The police cannot protect everyone — in fact the police usually have no legal duty to protect anyone.

Dial 911 and Die proves this fact. For nearly every American state and territory, this book shows how the police owe no legal duty to protect individuals from crime. The police in most places do not even have to come when you call.

Gun prohibitionist lobbyists, politicians and media have sold Americans the myth of police protection. Schools teach youngsters to “Dial 911.” There was a television program with “911″ in the title. That phone number is perhaps the best known in the country. A generation of Americans has come to trust a telephone number for self-defense.

Oregon Muse writes,

It was very disturbing when I found out, several years ago, that the police are under *no obligation* to protect me or my family. Court cases have decided this question, i.e. cities/police departments have been sued by victims of crimes for failure to protect, and their cases have been thrown out with the reasoning being something like “look, you can’t expect the police to be there instantly to protect you from any and all possible crimes”, which sounds reasonable. The police do not have unlimited power, and that’s a good thing. But then the state should not be putting in obstacles in the way of firearms ownership for those of us who want to defend ourselves and our homes. Depending on where you live, you might be in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-dont situation where the police aren’t obligated to protect you, and you can’t protect yourself due to local firearms laws (like if you’re in Chicago).

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