Viewpoint Article in Sacramento BEE

[6172crew]

Crime is not caused by economic conditions. Crime is caused by individuals who make a decision to engage in a criminal act. Their economic condition in no way justifies such a decision.

Come now, haven't you seen Trading Places with Eddie Murphy?

On a serious note, I do think that with no summer jobs available for kids and no winter jobs for dad who needs to buy the GI Joe with the Kungfoo grip we do see more petty crimes like vehicle break ins, robbery, etc.

Maybe a Cop will chime in to tell us who is right/wrong.

[Liberty1]

The article mentions a gun in a woman's purse went off killing her...interesting comments in this link about that story:

http://ohhshoot.blogspot.com/2011/08/19-year-old-accidentally-shoots-kills.html?m=1

[thebronze]

The article mentions a gun in a woman's purse went off killing her...interesting comments in this link about that story:

http://ohhshoot.blogspot.com/2011/08...kills.html?m=1

Very interesting. I didn't hear anything about this story when it happened. Hmmmm...

[briguy73]

I was out of town yesterday and got home today with this article cut out of the paper by my wife who is somewhat anti... Can't wait for her to get home and ask what she thought of it. She is all for having a gun for home protection, but insists it remain unloaded in the safe... WHAT??? Don't even get me started on her opinion of my LTC!!! No sense at all! Hope her opinion was swayed at least a little by this!

[big red]

I tell people if they want to be anti-gun and debate it with me then go out and take the gun safety course and pass it. Don't buy a gun or anything and then we can debate it. Nothing worse than arguing with an ignorant person. I have a solid anti gun person who is changing her mind now that crime is getting worse in her part of Sacramento and the cops are seen less. i have known her six years and this is the first time I have had her ask me about costs of learning about how to use a firearm. People are changing their minds slowly.