For me, my inner libertarian is no anarchist. I dont want that headache. I also dont want to give up my right to own a firearm nor my responsibility to ensure that me and mine are safe and comfy to the best of our ability. Yet I pay a big chunk of my earnings to professionals in this field and I want every value I can get from those dollars.
I’m not sure where you live, but I am very skeptical that you pay “a big chunk” of your earnings to professionals for protection. The majority of federal income taxes aren’t going to defense. Only a pretty small fraction of state and local taxes go to operate a criminal justice system.
I do agree with you that paying professionals to do this work for you makes a lot of sense, for the same reason you don’t smelt your own iron, and manufacture your own integrated circuits for your cell phones and PCs. Being armed for self-defense makes good sense, but it’s primarily for those situations where police aren’t successfully deterring criminal conduct.
