I would like to see government cut in half. There's too much pork in DC.
Laws aren't written for law abiding citizens. Laws are written for criminals. Law abiding citizens need services that local government provides: firemen, police, sheriff, marshals, lawyers, judges and I'm sure I've left some off of the list.. Firemen are a given and in my area, our fire stations are also recycling centers. Police are needed to investigate crime and cruise the gang "hoods".
So some gangsters are going to kill the towns people, the local representatives, the mayors, etc and occupy the town/city building by bypassing security and police and then keep the hundreds and thousands of people under their rule merely with a few guns. Interesting. Write a fiction story about it.
Gangs in NC are very organized. Every other day in the local newspaper, the police blotter keeps growing. The only criminals' getting caught are the ones not in gangs. For about 25 yrs, gangs have been moving to the suburbs. Prison gangs are growing more organized too. We need state and federal prisons, wardens and guards. Do I think prisoners would break out and take over, yes.
Could they get away with it? Not the first couple of times but they would cause many sleepless nights.
The sheriff is needed because people are also going to try to get away with more vice than the local cops can handle. The Sheriff, since he(she) should still be elected knows the county better than city cops and is basically the go-between with city and highway patrol. Highway Patrolmen are necessary because they catch speeders, of course but they also sweep the glass/debris off of the county roads, highways & freeways and yes they even move carcass' to the shoulder, off of the road. Highway patrolmen are usually the first responder(s) to traffic accidents especially the big ones in case the lanes need to be blocked, detours can be set up, etc.
I've worked in Government run hospitals before and they are the worst in just about every way. One hospital was so bad the only thing fresh and shining was the floor.
People will need wills, deeds, land surveyors, mortgage lenders. You get the point, we as a society could step up to the plate more but not everyone is cut out to be sheriff, lawyer, etc, even with the proper education.
Probably the best thing that Bush did as president was establish "homeland security". For the first time in history all branches of military and servicemen communicate and rehearse emergency scenarios.
