Sadly, this includes .gov and cops, as decreed by SCOTUS. Yet, when actual defense is required, these are the same folks who act like an old peacock huffing and puffing their feathers because they believe you should've waited for them to be..............first responders to your murder/rape/whatever.
These are the same peacocks who argue against Castle Doctrines, No Duty to Retreat, Constitutional Carry. Because for some f'ed up, deranged mentality, they think by doing so it will open up the Wild West. .gov and cops are nothing more than badged versions of the Brady Bunch. Oh, there's a few on here that are pro-2A, and are bona-fide in that regard. But the majority, no, they (and some of you on this forum) would rather be patted on the back by responding to a body rather than allow self-defense.
Mass doesn't have a castle doctrine....we have affirmative defense, which is only applicable in your home....barely, allowing DAs to punish you for your right to
live, instead of letting the rapist/murderer have their way. Don't defend another person, either. It's better to let them take a round to the head, than to stop the bad guy, according to these same peacocks.
You're no longer suitable because you defended an innocent life and stopped something bad from happening to them.
Criminals have rights, ya know?