Originally Posted by
Esq.
I have degrees in history, political science and law. You of course are joking about the "duty to protect", I get it..... While I generally support law enforcement, it hasn't escaped my notice however that when guns are seized and people are carted off to the Gulag that the ones doing the seizing and carting- generally wear a uniform and carry a badge. They are usually carrying some paper or will refer to some "duly passed law" that they seem to think makes it ok....Like it, don't like it, that's HISTORICAL FACT. Facts are stubborn things as John Adams said during his closing argument in defense of the British Soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre Trial......Our nation started with that premise, and I would hope it still matters.....
That goes without saying. Law enforcement is going to be the one to enforce the law. But that doesn't mean that the police, in and of themselves, are hypocrites and traitors. The majority of cops I know would either refuse to enforce unjust laws, mostly by saying that they "didn't see nothin'", or would just put their foot down and say we're not leaving and we're not complying; either form a new police force or repeal this law. Others would just turn in their badges and join the resisters. Cops know that there's no point in enforcing illegal laws on behalf of people who hate cops anyway.
Among law enforcement, however, there are the liberal cops who want to take the guns. There are also the "mercenary" cops who follow orders: They don't make the law, they just enforce it, and if they're getting paid to seize guns, then that's what they're going to do. And there are those who will disagree the law, but they got bills to pay and mouths to feed, and me and mine trumps all else with them. There will be a sizeable chunk of those types, but there will be an equally large chunk of guys who refuse though.
Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who do not.-Ben Franklin
there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.-Samwise Gamgee
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