Bob Blaylock
Diamond Member
- Banned
- #261
Being a vigilante is not "doing the government's job"...
Not always.
But it is the job of government to protect the rights of every citizen, from the actions of criminals. People have the right to be so protected.
Government exists because it is better for justice to be administered in a fair, consistent manner, rather than by leaving it to every aggrieved citizen to seek his own justice. We delegate our right to protect ourselves to government, for this very reason, but that does not mean, in any way, that we give up this right.
Where government fails to do its job, the right and authority reverts back to us, the people. Vigilantism is the legitimate and expected result thereof.