the ignorant think we are protected by the police. they are only there to clean up the crime scene. there are never enough police to protect us, hence the saying "to serve and protect". if they were here to only protect, we wouldnt have the Bill of Rights, because you cant protect everyone without having a police state, shich in and of itself is full of corruption.
people need to decide what kind of country in which they want to live. you cant have both full govt protection and freedom. me, i enjoy my freedom and the right to protect myself.
and if a few badguys are get dead in the process, that means less of my taxes are paid to keep them in prison.