Reply #94: well since you asked. [View All]

[TexasMexican]

"Will I wait in vain for someone to tell me that the citizenry must be armed because one can never trust the government -- either to protect one, or not to persecute one?"

I think citizens should be well armed for thier own benefit, but it is thier right if they choose not to. I trust the US government to a degree.

I have no reason to believe that the US Government is out to get me, however I like most of us "little people" the government generally ignores us and does little to help us.

As for the local government the police are useless, they take too long to save anyone who isnt willing to save themselves. I wouldnt necessarily say its thier fault though, it is impossible to be everywhere all the times.

As for the death penalty, maybe in your White Upper-Middle Class part of the world the death penalty is "barbaric" but where I live it is justice.

Why should murderers, rapists, and child molestors have a roof over thier head and 3 square meals for the rest of thier life, when others who have commited no such crimes do not.