My homies. Because they got my back, and I theirs.
E: Shout out to all the local SRA's, JBGC's and anyone and everyone else taking community defense seriously
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That's the thing.
When you call the police in the United States there is a very real chance they'll kill whoever you call them to punish. And a smaller but nonzero chance they'll kill you or an innocent third party.
Not because the police are all inherently evil. But because they're heavily armed, and policing in a country that's also heavily armed, and that makes every police encounter more dangerous for everyone than it is in a country with rational gun laws.
US cops are trained to consider their lives at risk every time they go out on a call, and they are ready and willing to shoot to protect themselves. So if they're threatened - or they feel threatened - they may shoot instead of de-escalate.
So before you call the police in the US you have to ask yourself: is whatever just happened - theft, trespassing, vandalism, whatever - worth someone's life to punish?
This kinda sounds like you'rr anti gun rights, which is fair enough considering the crime rate in your country, but if that's the case I have to dissapoint you, your lawmen got more problems than guns.
I live in austria and the only requirement here to buy a repeater, bolt-action rifle and double barrel shotgun are: