Disarmed – Defenseless – Dead: It’s the Law

March 1st, 2012

Disarmed – Defenseless – Dead: It’s the Law
We need many, many more pro-gun people in our goverment, and we, believers in
the 2nd Amendment, are the only ones that can get them there.

Disarmed – Defenseless – Dead: It’s the Law
By Richard W. Stevens
Editor, The Bill of Rights Sentinel
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
http://www.jpfo.org/commonsense14.htm

You be the judge. Does it make any sense for the government to:

(1) issue a court order forbidding a woman’s ex husband from having or being
near firearms,

(2) take no significant action concerning the ex-husband’s frequent death
threats against the woman,

(3) require the woman to appear in court in an alimony/child support case
against her ex-husband,

(4) forbid the woman from possessing defensive sidearms inside the courthouse
building,

(5) fail to erect metal detectors or to check the ex-husband for firearms at
the courthouse,

(6) post no warnings about the lack of security in the courthouse,

(7) fail to offer any added protection for the woman at the courthouse, and
then

(8) disclaim any responsibility for setting up the conditions that enabled the
ex-husband to shoot the defenseless woman in cold blood, right in front of
their young daughter, inside the courthouse?

Isn’t it immoral or crazy to position an unarmed woman in a confined space
with a man who has repeatedly and credibly threatened to kill her, and then
fail to either check the man for weapons or to offer her added protection? The
California Supreme Court’s recent unanimous decision in Zelig v.County of Los
Angeles says it’s legally just fine. The Zelig Court proclaimed loudly and
clearly:

“It is well established that public entities generally are not liable for
failing to protect individuals against crime.”

“The public entities and their policymaking officers and employees are immune
from liability for any failure on their part to provide sufficient police
services.”
No Duty, No Protection

Lawyers for the dead woman’s estate argued strongly that the government owed
legal duties and should be liable. The defendant county government had created
a dangerous situation by compelling the woman to attend the courthouse, by
forbidding the woman from carrying a defensive sidearm, and by failing to warn
her that she was practically undefended there. The police had tape recordings
and documents proving the ex-husband had issued the death threats, but they
failed to offer extra protection for her. The superior court itself knew the
ex-husband posed such danger that it formally ordered him to disarm himself,
but the courthouse had no metal detectors and did not check the ex-husband for
weapons.

The California Supreme Court addressed each of these arguments and rejected
them all. The Second Amendment apparently wasn’t asserted. Showing no sorrow
or regret, the Zelig Court noted how “gun control” laws had disarmed the
victim: “the state, by enacting a general statute prohibiting possession of a
firearm in any courthouse, curtailed her ability to arm herself in
self-defense.” The woman had no civil right to self-defense, however.

Bottom line: the government can disarm you, knowingly put you in danger
without even a warning, refuse and fail to protect you from the known danger
… and get off scot-free when the danger harms or kills you.

Readers of Dial 911 and Die: The Shocking Truth About the Police Protection
Myth would have fully expected the Zelig ruling to come down as it did. Citing
laws and cases from every state, the book shows that the government generally
owes no legal duty to protect citizens, and the courts routinely insulate the
government from liability.

Worthless Laws

The Zelig case illustrates how “gun control” ideas endanger lives:

Fifteen day waiting period on sidearm purchases — worthless.

Law forbidding civilians to possess firearms in courthouse — only stopped the
victim, not the perpetrator.

Court order that forbade ex-husband from possessing firearms — didn’t stop
him when he wanted to kill.

Sign proclaiming law against civilian possession of firearms in courthouses –
advertised where defenseless victims could be found.

Law that immunizes government entities and officials if they fail to protect
threatened citizens – means government agents have less incentive to protect
victims.

Concealed carry permit system that registers gun owners with the government –
worthless in courthouses that forbid all civilian firearms possession.
Zelig is only the latest court case proving that governments don’t accept the
responsibility for the harm caused by “gun control” laws that disarm the
victims and empower the killers. Laws and court decisions in almost all states
take the same route.

You can seize the opportunity to prove the dangerous evil of “gun control”
ideas in all states by getting copies of Dial 911 and Die. For nearly every
state and territory, there is a chapter in Dial 911 and Die that shows how the
government makes no promise to protect individual citizens from criminal
attack, even when the attacker is known and the threats are imminent. The
anti-gunners cannot answer this argument … it’s the law… and it makes
civilian disarmament policies look both foolish and deadly.

Call JPFO at (800) 869-1884 or click on http://www.jpfo.org/dial911anddie.htm.