A couple of my Christian friends have said that they support the police because they protect us. There are a few problems with that.

1. That’s not their God-given job.

The only job of government is to punish evildoers (Romans 13:4). THERE IS NO OTHER PURPOSE. Protecting the people is not the purpose of government.

2. Police don’t protect us.

a) They’ve failed to protect the 60 million babies murdered by abortion. They are bad at their job.

b) Government is the biggest thief and murderer. Their theft by civil asset forfeiture alone is greater than private theft. That’s not to mention property taxes, income taxes, vehicle taxes, etc. Police and government are the thieves we need to be protected from.

3. Americans are armed. The reason there aren’t gangs of thugs going around robbing, raping and pillaging (other than the police) is because Americans are armed, and a home invader knows there’s a good shot he’ll have his head blown off.

Those who would sacrifice freedom for security are worth of neither.