WHY CITIZENS SHOULD NOT ARM THEMSELVES WHEN GOVT FAILS IN ITS JOB?

WHY CITIZENS SHOULD NOT ARM THEMSELVES WHEN GOVT FAILS IN ITS JOB?
                                        
 
                                                 Dr K Prabhakar Rao


                          In India govt has failed to protect lives of its citizens. Neither it can protect as events have proved.. In India Population is overflowing while police force is highly limited and commitmnet has dwindled. They are more busy with VIP security. Crimes are growing. Then why can't Indians be allowed to buy guns freely like in USA where citizens have right to bear arms as per their constitution. Americans bear arms as they have to fight even the govt when it goes against the citizens. In India a peace loving citizen almost can not get a license for arms. When he faces a criminal who is armed with a modern weapon like a hand gun, he becomes helpless.Kitchen knives will not do.then there is a limit to length of blade one can possess. Can a citizen defend himself when is attacked with a sword by a criminal? Criminals, Goons, real estate agents,contractors ( Ill famed too), Chors, Lafangas and Badmash in the guise of politicians etc can easily get arms license, but not a law abiding citizen.. A genuine person faces infinite hurdles to get the license . Then there is a restriction on barrel bores of weapons such as prohibitive and non prohibitive and whether it is semi auto, automatic or not. Some may claim that in America some men are killing innocent freely. Such things happened in India too. Dacoit queen Phoolan Devi massacred many with her illegal weapons and later became an MP too.One can not stop mad people from doing crimes. Illegal Tapanchas i.e country made hand guns flourish in northern India in all districts particularly UP and Bihar. Naxalites are flaunting their illegal weapons freely and some time ago they held discussions with AP state officials with impunity.Law is only for law abiding ones.If the raped girl of Delhi had a small pistol with her , she would have shot dead the guys immediately without any mercy and could save her honor.Any amount of tears and statements by national leaders can bring back her honor.How can any one decide the value of a womans honor? A shameful act indeed. A point to ponder over indeed.

                     Our constitution guarantees protection to all citizens and it is the responsibility  of govt and is a state subject. The Govt would argue that when law enforcing agencies are there everywhere where is the need for right to bear arms in a country like India. We have fad of non violence while much violence has taken place in this country. In most of the cases unarmed victims have been killed by assailants. Can police protect each and every one all the time? humanly not possible. The govt expects orderly behaviors in society and fear of law. Violence will come down only when law process is prompt and severe. However in India things are opposite. Violence will prevail in such cases. Criminalization of politics, role of money is politics, running after quick money and lust for women are the root causes for violence.There are provisions in law that states that if a person kills the assailant in self defense he is not to be convicted. But he has to prove that he was in real danger of grave harm.The proving is extremely difficult and the victims hesitate to hit back in fear of law. In process he is put to severe harm. When govt can not guarantee lives of people by law or action, obviously it has no right to stop people from defending themselves or their family members..