Predators or Productive Citizens

William, this is thoughtful, thorough, and first-rate. In particular, your observation below "hits home." In fact, the government is unwilling to deal with the predators good and hard out there. In effect, the government refuses to govern. It is the result of psycho-babble and political correctness. As a result, the normal, decent people realize they are on their own when it comes to dealing with the rising tide of crime because of a permissive "criminal justice" system. We are returning to the frontier days in America, and it is not the fault of the good citizens. It is the fault of the "lollipop" judges and "candy" legislators who will not step up to the plate to perform the first duty of government - protect life and property, not of the predators, but of the people who do the work, obey the laws, pay the taxes, and fight the wars. Right now the nomral people no longer count in our society. Change is coming.