Reality Disconnect - Aisle Six!
Great news for the people of Taunton, Massachusetts - the town where convicted burglars and animal torturers and admitted child molesters are free to walk the streets, thanks to the wisdom and compassion put on display recently by the Bristol County District Attorney's office - fear not, help may soon be on the way.
Yes, knowing that the state is unlikely to ever reform the "common sense" gun control laws that actively prevent law-abiding citizens from taking responsibility for their own self-defense, the residents of Taunton have been reduced to asking their elected officials for special crime-fighting street lights to protect their loved ones from harm.
I just hope they hold up better than the special crime-fighting fences the town had put up recently. Again, I wish I was making this stuff up.
You just know that as soon as these new lights go up, all the crack dealers and purse-snatchers in town will denounce their evil ways, go back to high school, get productive jobs, and melt their guns down to make friendship bracelets, rather than pick up camp and relocate their business operations to some other poorly-illuminated part of town.
Also, I find it strange (though not surprising) that many of the people who are currently arguing against the death penalty, insisting it does nothing to deter violent criminals from killing someone are the same folks who insist that putting up a couple more street lights will.
TAUNTON — Residents of a high-crime neighborhood are asking city officials for more and better street lights to protect their families and properties.
Yes, knowing that the state is unlikely to ever reform the "common sense" gun control laws that actively prevent law-abiding citizens from taking responsibility for their own self-defense, the residents of Taunton have been reduced to asking their elected officials for special crime-fighting street lights to protect their loved ones from harm.
I just hope they hold up better than the special crime-fighting fences the town had put up recently. Again, I wish I was making this stuff up.
Drug dealers and buyers use Shores Street to gain access to the Fairfax Gardens public housing complex on DeWert Avenue, where a hole has been cut into the new 12-foot high anti-crime fence.
You just know that as soon as these new lights go up, all the crack dealers and purse-snatchers in town will denounce their evil ways, go back to high school, get productive jobs, and melt their guns down to make friendship bracelets, rather than pick up camp and relocate their business operations to some other poorly-illuminated part of town.
Also, I find it strange (though not surprising) that many of the people who are currently arguing against the death penalty, insisting it does nothing to deter violent criminals from killing someone are the same folks who insist that putting up a couple more street lights will.
