H.R. 17

[WillieOne]

I would urge you all to contact your U.S. represenative and tell him to sign on as a co-sponsor to H.R. 17 Citizens' Self-Defense Act of 2009. You can read more about it at http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html. All you have to do is search for H.R. 17.

[MikeBjerum]

I see that one our our Minnesota Reps is on board already.  I am going to drop a note to Mr. Walz, my rep, and ask him to get on board.

[twyacht]

Welcome to DRTV, WillieOne,

Thank you for the post.

             (1) Police cannot protect, and are not legally liable for failing to protect, individual citizens, as evidenced by the following:

                  (A) The courts have consistently ruled that the police do not have an obligation to protect individuals, only the public in general. For example, in Warren v. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department, 444 A.2d 1 (D.C. App. 1981), the court stated: `[C]ourts have without exception concluded that when a municipality or other governmental entity undertakes to furnish police services, it assumes a duty only to the public at large and not to individual members of the community.'.

                  (B) Former Florida Attorney General Jim Smith told Florida legislators that police responded to only 200,000 of 700,000 calls for help to Dade County authorities.

Why do I carry a firearm?

Because a cop is too heavy,...

I know its sad,,....

Email's to my Fl. congress critters already sent. Hope it passes as fast as the "crapulus" bill did,....