Municipalities can no longer protect their citizens, so citizens hire their own police. Oakland, and Baltimore are just two recent manifestations of the phenomenon. Of course, these people could just run for office and get their own protectors courtesy of the taxpayers, as Mike Blumberg and federal office holders do (just last week, the White House rejected a citizens’ petition that would have created a “gun free zone” around the President because, according to our leader’s spokesman, guns are necessary to ensure his safety and the safety of his friends and family).
Failing a successful run for office, though, unarmed citizens in cities and states where gun ownership is prohibited are at the mercy of the criminals around them; hence the trend to buying private protection. And that’s all a good thing, to this libertarian’s mind, because the sooner citizens understand that the state can’t provide basic services, whether it’s educating our children or protecting our lives and property, the sooner free market solutions will be considered. Private schools, home education, private police and fire protection,that’s all just a start. So come on, Dannel, Drew, bring it on: Next up, we’ll sell the streets.