I believe you are mistaken in your assumption that the most important role of government is the protection of it's citizens. The role of government is to maintain common property such as roads, military, parks, and those things which are of benefit to it's citizens but which they cannot provide individually. It was mentioned by someone else that our legal system is set up to handle crimes AFTER they occur because to do anything else not only does not work, but impinges on the right's of the citizens. There will always be some evil that a government can hold up and say "Well this is so bad that we have to make sure no one has the chance to use it for a crime" and thus expand their power. People have to stop being so afraid and realize that LIFE IS NOT GUARANTEED by our government, by your god, by anything. Do not be so hasty to give away rights now out of fear for a tomorrow that you are told may happen by the same ones you are giving your rights to. The world is no more dangerous today than it was 200 years ago when the 4th was written. It may be possible for a single terrorist to do more damage at once, but over all we are much, much safer than we have ever before been.
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I believe you are mistaken in your assumption that the most important role of government is the protection of it's citizens. The role of government is to maintain common property such as roads, military, parks, and those things which are of benefit to it's citizens but which they cannot provide individually. It was mentioned by someone else that our legal system is set up to handle crimes AFTER they occur because to do anything else not only does not work, but impinges on the right's of the citizens. There will always be some evil that a government can hold up and say "Well this is so bad that we have to make sure no one has the chance to use it for a crime" and thus expand their power. People have to stop being so afraid and realize that LIFE IS NOT GUARANTEED by our government, by your god, by anything. Do not be so hasty to give away rights now out of fear for a tomorrow that you are told may happen by the same ones you are giving your rights to. The world is no more dangerous today than it was 200 years ago when the 4th was written. It may be possible for a single terrorist to do more damage at once, but over all we are much, much safer than we have ever before been.