To Protect and Serve

We are led to believe that the police are our "protectors", and we don't need guns in the hands of citizens to keep us safe. Tell that to the family of Detective Vicky O. Armel of the Fairfax county police department and Officer Michael E. Garbarino, Who were shot outside the Sully District police station on Monday May 8th. Now the fortunate thing was 2 officers were able to stop Micheal Kennedy before he was able to do more damage, on the other hand, 2 officers were killed.
The point I'm trying to make is this, what if this nut had his mind set on shooting up a shopping mall, or a grocery store, would the police have been able to stop him after only 2 casualties? No, by the time the police were called, then had to drive to the mall, and set up a perimeter, Get the SWAT team, and the negotiator... you get my point, the only way this could be stopped, is if citizens were armed and willing to stop him themselves. Had there not been armed police officers right there, the outcome of May 8th would have been even more disastrous.
We as citizens have to understand that the police are for the most part investigators, not protectors. They CANNOT keep us safe, they CANNOT prevent random crimes from occurring, and most importantly, they CANNOT keep a bad guy from hurting you or your loved ones, all they can do is apprehend the one who did it.