I propose that all police departments and many other public safety units be disbanded. They will become unnecessary, as individuals will accept responsibility for their own safety with immediate access to weapons, should they feel threatened.
This would represent a massive savings and could justify a significant tax decrease. We might want to retain fire departments, at least until the Legislature, in its wisdom, restores neighborhood bucket brigades.
Should Brooks’ bill somehow fail to pass, Rep. Cory Maloy has a backup measure that allows permitless open carry during a state of emergency. He justifies this by saying that people “could feel insecure or scared to the point of wondering how they defend themselves.”
What should make people feel insecure and scared is the number of their fellow citizens who own and carry lethal weapons.
Dana Carroll, Salt Lake City