Ashtabula Judge Tells Citizens to Arm Themselves

The interesting part of this article is not the Judge’s advice for citizens to arm themselves. The interesting part is that some officials apparently believe that police can “protect” citizens. Here’s a newsflash, the job of the police is to investigate crimes after they occur and to arrest suspects. The police do not now, nor have they ever, protected citizens. Does anyone really believe that some scumbag criminal breaking into your house at 3 am will be stopped by a cop? The cop may show up a few minutes later to draw that chalkline around your body, but they definitely can’t protect you.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/04/ashtabula_judge_says_people_ma.html