Saturday, December 22, 2018

"You don't need a gun, the police wil- oops..."

...What makes the city's position particularly difficult to understand is that, in conformity to the dictates of the law, Linda did not carry any weapon for self-defense (former Penal Law, § 1897). Thus, by a rather bitter irony she was required to rely for protection on the City of New York which now denies all responsibility to her."
That's from Riss v. New York, 1968; Where the state said "Trust the cops to protect you.  Except they don't have to."

But you wanting a gun for self-defense is a horrible idea.


2 comments:

Jeffersonian said...

https://www.copblock.org/10032/to-protect-and-serve-or-enforce-and-collect/

https://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2003/05/is-government-responsible-for-your.html

Anonymous said...

Warren v. District of Columbia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

Gonzales v. Castle Rock:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzales

Most recently, the "Coward of Broward" case: https://mises.org/power-market/police-have-no-duty-protect-you-federal-court-affirms-yet-again

And yet the antis bleat that self defense is pointless because 'cops' ...