07-13-2017, 05:32 PM
Wow. We've gone from discussing burning abandoned shacks being occupied by criminal squatters to....xxxxx... thieves from the nearest tree.
You all know my feelings on the matter, but the suggestions are pretty much moot since we have strict gun control (a topic some folks don't like to discuss). The powers that be strongly oppose any changes. The only people who will carry guns are our largely ineffective police.
A few of us are potent enough to handle criminals with a baseball bat (I might have been some 30 years ago), but most of us are not.
Upshot: if you do catch criminals robbing your house red handed--something most of us psychologically hope for--all you can really do is focus on walking away and calling the police. (Probably best you get out of their sight before pulling out the phone; otherwise they might come after you.)
Wish that some of the vigilante ruminations above would take place. My deep sympathies to all the recent crime victims. I have been there.
You all know my feelings on the matter, but the suggestions are pretty much moot since we have strict gun control (a topic some folks don't like to discuss). The powers that be strongly oppose any changes. The only people who will carry guns are our largely ineffective police.
A few of us are potent enough to handle criminals with a baseball bat (I might have been some 30 years ago), but most of us are not.
Upshot: if you do catch criminals robbing your house red handed--something most of us psychologically hope for--all you can really do is focus on walking away and calling the police. (Probably best you get out of their sight before pulling out the phone; otherwise they might come after you.)
Wish that some of the vigilante ruminations above would take place. My deep sympathies to all the recent crime victims. I have been there.