https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-illi...
There was a police station less than a mile away and it took them 45 minutes to arrive. No doubt they intended to let events play out however they may and then roll in and take statements, which is their only actual legal obligation.
That incident really drove home for me exactly what I'm not getting for my tax dollars.
It's kind of a mark of white privilege to believe that the police will arrive in time to protect you, and that when they arrive they won't harm you.
Even for de-escalating domestic disputes and dealing with petty vandalism and neighbourly feuds they are likely a worse tool than social workers and such.
This is a gross overstated political narrative.
A) Most police response times are well after most conflicts.
B) Poor and targeted neighborhoods often have better response times because of the larger constant police presence.
C) Socioeconomic signals predict treatment better than the color of your skin.
E) The police responses in poor and targeted neighbourhoods often involve harming residents and criminalizing the impoverished and racialized.
F) 911 is a Joke
I confronted them at the stairs and the whole thing de-escalated very quickly. Nobody got hurt. As far as someone sneaking into your house while you sleep, it was pretty much a best case scenario.
Most common burglars only break into empty houses.
I wouldn't say it's often because car break-ins and empty house burglaries are much more common, but it does happen. Attackers pushing their way in as you open the door, attackers posing as some kind of official or salesperson. When the pandemic started, we had guys going around in lab coats saying they were with the CDC.
Police response times are generally very good where I live, but guns are still very common and so is concealed carry. The thought behind it for many people is sort of the same as keeping a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. You're not the fire department, but you want to be able to control an emergency until they get there or avoid having an emergency become a catastrophe.
Also, carrying a gun all the time is extremely uncommon if not forbidden in most European countries if you don't have the proper permits. For example in France, IIRC, you can only get such permit if your professional activity justifies it (Police, Security Guards, etc).
Even for recreational/hunting uses you need to be registered, and maybe have a permit, depending on the type of gun. And that's just for ownership, it doesn't grant you the right to carry the weapon loaded and ready to fire.
Hunting rifles are almost always bolt actions.
The concept of liberty is relatively new, most of the world has lived under monarchs, dictators, etc until relatively recently in the grand scheme of things. The ideas and mechanisms of freedom are still being learned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation
Often that final say is a rubber stamp.
Hell, even Japan allows private ownership; with a marksmanship test and licensing restrictions.
Most countries require masks and seatbelts, so what? It doesn't make it the right choice.
Most countries don't allow to eat dogs, so what? It doesn't make it the right choice.
Most countries don't allow to kill man, so what? It doesn't make it the right choice.
I'm just giving a taste of your own medicine.
There are plenty of good arguments to be made for all of those things, but "everyone else does it" is not one of them.
Look, if every other country legalizes murder tomorrow, does that mean we should, too? No? Then whether everyone else is doing it is clearly irrelevant.
Somebody will probably sic dang on me for saying this, but it is mind boggling to me that I have to explain this.
low effort post.
Also, psychology and theology have nothing to do with any of this, and you clearly have no idea what "woke" and "meta" mean. You can call my post "low effort" but at least it isn't a word salad.
I regret wasting my time talking to you. Have a good night.