As tempting as it may seem, a government is incapable of preventing crimes. On occasion with luck they might succeed. But the failure to tip us off about 9-11 after spending $40 billion a year on intelligence-gathering should surprise no one. Governments by nature are very inefficient institutions. We must accept that as fact.

  I am sure that our intelligence agency had the information available to head off 9-11, but bureaucratic blundering and turf wars prevented the information from being useful. But the basic principle is wrong. City policeman cannot and should not be expected to try to prevent crimes. This would invite massive intrusions    into the everyday activities of every law-abiding citizen. But that is exactly what our recent legislation is doing. It is a wrongheaded approach, no matter how wonderful it may sound. The policemen in the inner cities patrol their beats, but crime is still rampant.

  In the rural areas of America, literally millions of citizens are safe and secure in their homes though miles from any police protection. They are safe because even the advantage of isolation does not entice the burglar to rob a house when he knows a shotgun sits inside the door waiting to be used. But this is a right denied many of our citizens living in the inner city.

  The whole idea of government preventing crime is dangerous. To prevent crimes in our homes or businesses, governments would need cameras to spy on every move to check for illegal drug use, wife-beating, child abuse or tax evasion. They would need cameras not only on our streets and in our homes; but our phones, Internet, and travels would need to be constantly monitored just to make sure we are not a terrorist, drug dealer, or tax evader.

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Just a little example of what this guy's rambling about:

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You find something wrong with this?

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Jetlag, usually the descriptive "rambling" is not applied to things you agree with. [;)]

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Another thing is if you are against a police state, you are cop bashing trash.  If the police ran the country you civilians wouldn't have to worry about your precious little Consititution.

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If the police ran the country you civilians wouldn't have to worry about your precious little Consititution.

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I know SUCKED IN, three years I've been reading folowing this site and I get sucked in.
Posted as JBYRD on the old site, maybe 10 posts... Those posts helped get past my black rifle newbie troubles.