I think that there is a place for the police, but the courts have declared that the police have no obligation to protect you. That is your job and when seconds count, the police are only minutes away. Your police department might even be like the Uvalde police department.

There are several organizations that sell insurance for gun owners who use a firearm in self-defense because the courts "seem" more inclined to prosecute you for shooting the guy raping your 10-year-old daughter than him. Where the line between protect/prevent (OK) and revenge (Not OK) is placed varies by state.

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Fifty years ago, a friend's wife took a defense class offered by the Sheriff's department in Macon Georgia. He told her, "If someone is breaking in, gather your children and lock yourselves in your bedroom (retreat) and call the police (pre-cellphones when people had landlines in their bedroom). Let him steal your TV, that's why you have insurance. If he breaks into the room with you, shoot him until he goes down and is no longer moving. There is not a court in Georgia that will press charges on a woman alone in that scenario."

Solid advice, but that may not still be true in some jurisdictions (shooting him until he is dead). And the victim's family can sue you for shooting their choir boy.

I honestly don't care if my next-door neighbor has an AR-15 or even an M-16. No victim, no crime. But I do care if they are a threat to society. Owning a firearm is not a threat to society and it is often difficult to determine a threat where no previous crimes have been committed.