Army of Dog

As if we needed further evidence that the “call 911 and wait for the police to handle it” school of home defense is the refuge of pusillanimous bastards, we have this story:

Woman Shot and Killed While Calling 911 to Report Intruders

We can’t say for certain that having a firearm in the house would have saved this woman’s life, but this case once again illustrates that the police cannot protect a homeowner from an immediate threat. Every individual and family must be responsible for their own safety, and the insidious argument that we should surrender that responsibility to “authorities” should be met with scorn, derision, and frankly violence if the feckless bastards ever try to enforce such dependency through confiscation.

This point can be illustrated further with another story that occurred in one of the suburbs close to where I live:

Frisco home intruder shoots man after confrontation

Steven Geddie, 24, heard someone breaking into the back door of his home in the 8400 block of Hickory Street around 6 p.m., police said. He told police he grabbed a shotgun and confronted the man in a hallway.

The two exchanged gunfire, and the intruder fled. Mr. Geddie suffered a minor wound in his left arm and refused to be taken to the hospital for treatment, police said.

Keep in mind that in this part of the world and at this time of year, 6 p.m. is still daylight. That means that an armed criminal broke into an occupied home in broad daylight. We can assume from that set of circumstances that the criminal had already decided that violent confrontation was an acceptable outcome of the act if not the goal itself. If the homeowner were not armed with a shotgun, we would very likely be reading a news blurb about a murder instead of a home invasion. And yet, there are those who would tell you that the homeowner should be forced to rely on government for protection from such threats.