2nd Amendment — Have you ever actually called 911?

First … the phone rings for a bit
Second … an operator answers and asks several questions
Third … the operator puts your call into the computer for response by police (or other responders)

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock … from your 911 call to dispatch.

Works pretty well for a fire call, accident report or cat in a tree.

What it cannot possibly work for is if you are being attacked unexpectedly! Unless you can convince your attacker to just be patient while you call 911 and wait for the police to arrive … maybe offer them a coffee from Starbucks while you both wait … although in most cases it’s doubtful that would work.

As the old exxpression goes: “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away” … how could they not be?

So let’s be fair to the police … there is NO WAY they can be INSTANTLY at your side when you need them to be!

MFS Note: Should current efforts to ‘de-fund’ (eliminate) police be succesful … the foregoing is moot … yer on yer own … alone, vulnerable … and defenseless if certain groups were to get their way. And, to be clear, no occupation/profession, including the police, does not have ‘bad actors’ who taint the good people around them.

So there you are … confronted with an attacker who wants your money, or nice phone, or Nike shoes, or leather jacket, or just wants sexual relief in YOUR body.

I’m thinking the coffee offer isn’t problably your best bet to diffuse the situation!

OK … what next since police didn’t magically appear at the moment?

Option 1: RUN!!! … if you can … your attacker may have friends who want to join in with the “fun.”

Option 2: DEFEND YOURSELF! (Note to the naive … “stop or I’ll call 911″ is NOT a defence method … it’s an admission that you’re helpless) (Note to martial artists … unless you’re Chuck Norris or Steven Segal, you’re not likely faster than a bullet … and this situation ain’t no movie) Best bet is 2nd amendment time!

Using ‘Option 2′ … sadly, to avoid prosecution, you’ll need to be outside a ‘gun free zone’. (Side note: In places like Canada, you can be prosecuted for shooting an assailant with the gun you managed to take from him when he was attacking you … if you can figure that out you’re smater than me … or a shill for someone.)

Great summation of the anti-gun attitude is:
“Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound.”

Any political entity that advocates to legislate away your RIGHT to self-defence is a fraud since there is NO WAY that entity can GUARANTEE your safety in return at the MOMENT you may need it most. Essentially it’s a ‘contract’ … if you do this (give up your means of defense) I’ll do this (ensure your safety.) Can’t be done or guaranteed, so null and void ab initio, and the 2nd amendment clearly states is cannot be mandated. If you voluntarily give up your right to defend yourself, get a good lawyer and, if needed, see if you can sue the entity you expected to protect you … more than likely your chalk outline on the sidewalk will be all you’d get out of it in the end.