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OK, it was only five bucks worth of gas, and the thief had a three year old in the car, and the cops are usually more than fifteen minutes away, and even common thieves should not have shotguns pointed at them, and geezers should not drive at all, let alone chase thieves at 70 mph. Therefore, Mr. Englund should have just let the thief get clean away. Since he did not, they should toss him in the slammer and forget where the key is for endangering thieves and other innocent people.
Huh? Seriously people, there is a major crime problem in this country. One of the main causes of that crime problem is that people are allowed to get away with minor crimes. Then they get the idea that they can get away with anything so they commit major crimes. The underfunded and undermanned police are busy enough pursuing major criminals that they don't have time for the small fish. Does anyone seriously believe that the police would have diligently pursued an expensive, time-consuming investigation in this case for five bucks worth of gas?
The devout anti-gun types want you to to leave the defense of your life and property to the police. They want the police to be better armed than the people. They want the police to be slow in responding to crime so that there will be a perpetual need for more police funding. They want there to be a continual crime problem so that the people will tolerate ever more intrusion into their liberty. They want to see people like Mr. Englund portrayed as dangerous, lunatic, vigilante criminals in order to promote their gun contol, anti-liberty, statist agenda.
It appears that some of the police are quite willing to prosecute citizens for "taking the law into their own hands" or forcibly and unlawfully disarm them (remember New Orleans?) when the the citizens are sorely frustrated by the inability or unwillingness of the police to effectively control crime. Just remember that the power of the law and the government ultimately rests in the hands of the people. Forget that at your peril.
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