Why Gun Ownership Must Remain an INDIVIDUAL Right

She was doing what she was supposed to do. She was in trouble and she needed help. She turned to 911.

She died.

A woman was asking a 911 dispatcher for help when her pleas were interrupted by gunshots, then silence. She was shot to death.

The woman told the dispatcher someone was trying to break into her home in upscale West Covina, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Dan Rosenberg said. “Deputies heard gunshots followed by silence and an open phone line,” he said.

Deputies arrived at the house, 20 miles east of Los Angeles, a few minutes after Wednesday’s late morning call.

The woman, whose name was not released by police, had been shot several times. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene.

Cato-at-Liberty notes:

…this is the latest reminder that we must take responsibility for our own safety and not rely on the police.

Bill Masters, a libertarian and sheriff of a Colorado county tells the residents of his county, “It is your responsibility to protect yourself and your family from criminals. If you rely on the government for protection, you are going to be at least disappointed and at worst injured or killed.”

Gun control puts honest citizens in the position of having to choose between protecting their lives or respecting the law.

If you listened to our podcast on DC v. Heller, you might remember Guy Midkiff telling us about a woman who sued a city when the police failed to protect her, resulting in the deaths of her three children.

From Fox News:

In 1999, Gonzales obtained a restraining order against her estranged husband Simon, which limited his access to their children. On June 22, 1999, Simon abducted their three daughters. Though the Castle Rock police department disputes some of the details of what happened next, the two sides are in basic agreement: After her daughters’ abduction, Gonzales repeatedly phoned the police for assistance. Officers visited the home. Believing Simon to be non-violent and, arguably, in compliance with the limited access granted by the restraining order, the police did nothing.

The next morning, Simon committed “suicide by cop.” He shot a gun repeatedly through a police station window and was killed by returned fire. The murdered bodies of Leslie, 7, Katheryn, 9 and Rebecca, 10 were found in Simon’s pickup truck.

Her case was heard by the Supreme Court, who told her that she ” did not have a constitutional right to police protection even in the presence of a restraining order.”

The police did not have to protect her.

If they won’t, then who will? You have to be prepared to protect yourself, and the gun is the great equalizer. Buy one, train with it, get comfortable with it, and trust yourself with it. It only took minutes for the cops to get to the woman above, but she was already dead. You have to be able to defend yourself. It’s just that simple.