Wherein the road to Damascus runs through Venice, CA...

 What happens when the urban outdoorsman encamped in front of your house is a violent felon and the cops can't do anything about him because the city fathers won't let him?

 Amy Alkon found out:

 "An hour and a half after I’d called 911, officers arrived. And it was then—noon, on Thursday, August 20th that I had an upsetting revelation: We citizens can no longer rely on the police to show up. And then the thought hit me: I need to get a gun. 

 You’ve got to love the irony. It’s the Democrats who push for gun control, yet it’s the Democrats in power in my city who are leaving me with no choice but to arm myself."

 You are your own first responder.