PawNotes 🐾

A “protection racket” is basically an illegal scheme where criminals demand bribes from people or businesses in exchange for safety. These types of things become more common when the rule of law is weaker. A proactive and ethical police force is a huge asset to its community.

It is also worth remembering that government led “common defense” is one of the key principles built right into the preamble of the Constitution. This quote is worth sharing in its entirety (emphasis added by us): 

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."