> They have every right to

  "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to                                
  sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their                                    
  bread." -- Anatole France                                                                         
                                                                                                    

More on-topic, I think Afghanistan, with its factions of warlords would be a good model to look forward to for any nation that erodes the foundation of the Rule of Law by privatising institutions of criminal justice and so regressing State monopoly on violence to whichever thugs with the most guns and manpower are willing to take someone's buck.