RetiredGySgt
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No legal obligation according to the Courts.Courts have already ruled the cops are NOT required to intervene at all nor to protect you as an individual.One piece of shit had a baseball batLike I said the Doctor living in an affluent suburb of my state never thought he would be the victim of a home invasion where he would be beaten almost to death and his wife and teen aged daughters were raped beaten and burned alive
I suppose that if the Doc had a gun he could have deterred the violent criminals that were probably armed. Considering they came with a gas can filled with gas, you can bet they had firearms as well. There are so many ways to prevent this that it boggles your mind. Things like, he's a Doctor. How did they get past the security system? Why didn't the mother and daughters have a predetermined place to hide or an exit plan? The Doc could have bought them time. Violent Criminals with violent crime on their minds aren't the brightest bulbs in the pack. You give them way too much credit.
Now, since you say this happened, how about a cite to it so we can all see it and pay our respects.
Cheshire, Connecticut, home invasion murders - Wikipedia
I don't make shit up
and they didn't have a plan because they thought it could never happen like you
Now you are from Connecticut. You sure do get around. You will notice that the guilty parties will never see the light of day and never get the chance to repeat that crime again.
Looking at the write up, the cops were already aware of a crime in process but sat on their butts and did nothing until after the fact. They could have stopped it at any time. This isn't a reason for the Doc to be armed. It's time to fire about half your police force and get a decent police force willing to do their frigging jobs. This whole thing was 100% preventable.
They were in position already to stop it. Instead of moving in, they sat there. While they were wasting public funds, the finish of the crimes were done. And a Cop has a moral obligation to protect the public. Otherwise, why the hell would we be paying them.