ParaSKS, being the free market anarchist that I am, I'm actually in favor of the privatization of law enforcement. Natural laws and natural rights can be enforced by private security services contracted by homeowner associations, insurance companies, and the like. In the few instances that a SWAT team is needed, a specialized service such as (boy, I'm gona get it now!) Blackwater could be subcontracted to handle the situation.

Yeah, that sounds farfetched to a lot of people. But consider that most SWAT teams these days are funded by grants from the federal government as a tool in the War on Drugs, and maybe it doesn't sound so crazy.

Increasingly, SWAT teams are being used to serve warrants for nonviolent crimes. As we have seen in the case with Mayor Cheye Calvo, this is injecting violence into a situation where no violence existed--the exact opposite of what peace officers are supposed to do. When the SWAT burst into his home and shot his Labradors, Mayor Calvo had no idea who they were. He thought his home was being invaded.

Had Mayor Calvo had a firearm in his hand or nearby, he would have used it. A law officer would possibly be dead, and Mayor Calvo almost certainly so.

This simply is not what peace officers are supposed to do. This is what tyrants do.

Onward and upward,
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