“SOME PEOPLE ARE LOSING FAITH in the system to protect them:” The remaining residents of New Orleans are arming themselves at record rates.
I have no faith in the system to protect me. It’s rare for the system to actually protect anyone. Usually the system shows up after the fact to give you — or your surviving loved ones — a case number. Only you can protect yourself. Unlike the police, you will be on the scene when you need help.
It’s statist myth that the law exists to protect us. It does not. The law exists to 1) provide formal notice of conduct punishable by fine, imprisonment or death and 2) to afford due process to those accused of such conduct. Both of these functions are important to liberal societies, which value justice under law. But neither of them can keep you from getting raped or maimed or killed.
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