Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do

Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by krapp on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:15PM (#36978495)

So you want to disband all police and leave police powers entirely in the hands of "local militias", which according to current definitions of the 2nd Amendment are (reading notes) literally any American with a gun?

Like these jackasses[0]. You want to give these people the right to arbitrarily arrest, detain and kill because two centuries ago Thomas Jefferson saw the horrors of the French Revolution, got the biggest boner of his life and thought "how about that, but a whole country, all the time?"

No thank you. I don't trust the cops but I trust my fellow armed Americans even less. At least the police, ostensibly, have a system they have to abide by other than a piece of parchment saying "everyone gets as many guns as they want, no questions asked." What you're advocating is essentially gang warfare.

Also, "freedom isn't free" became popular as a meme from South Park making fun of the wave of jingoistic, patriotic BS songs after 9/11.

It costs a buck o'five, by the way.

[0]https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53891184

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Re:Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do by nrdxp on Thursday August 03, 2023 @01:32PM (#36988992)

I trust local communities more than state officials any day, yes. Nothing is perfect but if you legitimately think the government is functioning well at this point, I don't expect to convince you so yeah. To each his own.

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