Mr. Free Market, Just Another "Gullible Gunner"

Mr. FM has written another excellent piece, entitled "The Police & Self Defence." ("Defense" is spelled funny because Mr. FM is a Brit.) Initially quite humorous, he gets right down to it:

A couple of reassuringly large & tasty coppers that I count in my circle of chums have long admitted that down in this little corner of rural England, if you had cause to dial 999 during the night, the police are spread so thin that the chances of them getting to you ‘in time’ are pretty marginal to say the least. So where does that leave us law-abiding householders went the pond life kick in the back door in the small wee hours. Try to defend your loved ones, self & property, the Crown malicious prosecution service will leave no stone unturned in an attempt to convict you – all in the ‘public interest’ you understand. There is little point in calling the police, as the nearest unit will be over half an hour away - & in this sort situation seconds count. Even if the police do turn up, the chances of them actually doing anything is reasonably remote, as events in Highmore Cross, as small village in Oxfordshire bear testament.

The Crown will prosecute you for trying to defend your loved ones, self & property? Surely not! At most there may be only a "chilling effect" occurring!

Do read the whole thing - you need to, to see where English-style "gun control" leads - but I'm quoting this part for my archives:

The root of the problem rests with our increasingly emasculated society. As opposed to relying on others in times of great adversity, surly(sic) isn’t (it) time that people started to assume some form of self reliance. That starts, not necessarily with learning how to triage a sucking chest wound, but demanding our politicians restore an unfettered right for a bulldogs, in their own homes, to defend themselves as they see fit & them giving them the means to do so. As the police are increasingly unable & unwilling to fulfil their mandate from society, we must demand the reinstatement of our right to take matters into our own hands.

Unfortunately, I'm in agreement with the authors at Samizdata. It'll be a cold day in hell before the State gives back that power.