'WE'LL BE BUSTING YOUR DOOR IN'

A lawman we'll call Deputy VeeJay writes in, objecting the column
appearing here last week in which I cited the recent history book "The
Voluntary City" on the nature and true purpose of modern police forces.

"I am a deputy sheriff in Wisconsin. ... I take exception to several
things that Mr. Suprynowicz is spewing as logic. Most, if not all, of
the blame that Suprynowicz throws onto law enforcement as a whole is
completely off-base.

"Once the article takes the turn of supposing that there are no
police, Suprynowicz goes on to tell of a fictiticious (sic) 21 year
old and 16 year old having sex and babies, smoking dope that they've
manufactured and playing with firearms. I quote, 'He's hurting no one.'

"Last time I went to work, I can't recall being asked to pass a few
laws before hitting the streets," Deputy VeeJay writes. "I only
enforce the laws that the politicians pass. The politicians that are
ELECTED by the people. On the basis of Suprynowicz's argument, if I
commit a crime behind my closed doors and I perceive that I'm hurting
no one, I guess it must be okay. Before you jump all over me, keep in
mind that YOU said, '... magically, there are no police.' Why would
any of this matter if there weren't laws? Why would we have laws in a
land of no police?

"If you're trying to tell me that you want to grow and smoke dope and
have sex with minors all the while playing with firearms, you are
goddamn right we'll be busting your door in to take your butt to jail."