According to the Lib-whack-pack, no one needs a firearm because the police are there to protect us. As the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department say, “To Protect and Serve“. All part of the “reasonable” argument when the topic of gun control comes up.
Ask this simple question, “Does law enforcement have a duty to protect you?”

The answer to that question is quite simple. The answer is NO.

In the June 27, 2005 The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in the case of Castle Rock vs. Gonzales, the justices in a split decision concluded that law enforcement DOES NOT have a Constitutional requirement to provide ANYONE protection under the law. Protection by law enforcement is in fact discretionary according to the Supreme Court.

Here’s an excerpt from the decision written by the late Antonin Scalia, who is quoting from the American Bar Association’s Standards for Criminal Justice.

“In each and every state there are long-standing statutes that, by their terms, seem to preclude nonenforcement by the police… . However, for a number of reasons, including their legislative history, insufficient resources, and sheer physical impossibility, it has been recognized that such statutes cannot be interpreted literally… . [T]hey clearly do not mean that a police officer may not lawfully decline to make an arrest. As to third parties in these states, the full-enforcement statutes simply have no effect, and their significance is further diminished.” 1 ABA Standards for Criminal Justice 1-4.5, commentary, pp. 1-124 to 1-125 (2d ed. 1980) (footnotes omitted).

When a anti-gun nut says that the police are there to protect you, you now know how much that statement is worth.  They will protect you as best they can, at THEIR discretion.

This is not a slam on law enforcement.  They have limited resources and need to prioritize what they respond to.  The Supreme Court made the correct decision as this decision protects law enforcement from law suits and liability if someone whines about why the police were not there at their beck and call, to act as that individual’s personal protection force.

Unless you want to hire your own private 24 hour security detail, you’ll need to figure out how to protect yourself.