Not all enforcement of laws is a violation of the NAP. Specifically laws that ARE a violation of the NAP. Drug law enforcement is an obvious violation...
Coercion by threat of violence is a NAP violation. Every government regulation is a coercion by threat of violence, and the threat is provided by the existence of the police, thus the police violate the NAP just by existing.
In the absence of police, real crimes get punished by the members of the community in which they take place (lynching, for example). If you're not violating the NAP, you don't need a badge. The presence of a badge threatens violence against any would-be vigilantes.
Relying on the community to maintain a justice system is unrealistic. And gives way to mobs of thugs dominating a community that doesn't have the means to stand up to it. Also, that community would also be operating under coercion by threat of violence, if they are going to carry out justice against accused violators.
Meanwhile, weak and innocent people need people to help them be protected against active NAP violators.
mobs of thugs dominating a community
This is what the police is.
a community that doesn't have the means to stand up to it
Communities don't have the means to stand up for themselves because the police took all the guns away. This problem wouldn't exist if there had never been cops to begin with.
Also, that community would also be operating under coercion by threat of violence, if they are going to carry out justice against accused violators.
False. Carrying out justice yourself is a decision that is made willingly, it is not coerced.
Meanwhile, weak and innocent people need people to help them be protected against active NAP violators.
False. Physically weak people can defend themselves more effectively by carrying guns than by relying on others.
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