I know a bunch of people who CCW in this area. Sadly they do it for just such a reason as this guy. Last year a robber was killed a few miles from here in a wal-mart parking lot after pulling a gun on a CCW from NJ who was the intended victim.

http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.d ... WS/2060340

The kid is still young enough to turn it around let's hope he does for his own sake.

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yeah.........

The kid is still young enough to turn it around let's hope he does for his own sake.

 

Doubtful. And prison certainly won't help reform him.

From a conversation I had with two LEOs, a DP officer (in CO), and a Professor who also does psych work for inmates, they have all said that the prison system in America isn't about reforming them... instead its about taking criminals off the street for an 'X' amount of time, and during that time the public is safe. So, basically, we, law-abiding citizens, are paying out of our own pockets to be safe... and yet, to be able to defend ourselves is ill-favored. Kind of F-ing pathetic.

 

As for the kid, I hope he gets his act together. Hell, the Army would take him, haha.

From a conversation I had with two LEOs, a DP officer (in CO), and a Professor who also does psych work for inmates, they have all said that the prison system in America isn't about reforming them... instead its about taking criminals off the street for an 'X' amount of time, and during that time the public is safe. So, basically, we, law-abiding citizens, are paying out of our own pockets to be safe... and yet, to be able to defend ourselves is ill-favored. Kind of F-ing pathetic.

 

As for the kid, I hope he gets his act together. Hell, the Army would take him, haha.

 

 

they tried the whole "Reform" thing it failed miserably. you CANT force someone to change who doesnt want to. Same as with Education. the ones who WANT to learn will take the opportunities available and make the msot of them, and NOT end up back in the system, the rest wont, you can chain them to the desk for 8 hours a day, but you cant force them to learn anything. So, we warehouse them, and separate them...IMO Coventry would be a BETTER solution, but it isnt up to me, and we dont have anyplace to send them to now anyway, the world has grown too small for a new "Devils Island" or "Botany Bay"..... And Helinlien's version wont come to fruition in any of our lifetimes.

why dont we do what the british did.... invade some country, or annex a part of the sudan, or anywhere hot.... build a colony, and dump all of our hard crime people there.... have the white collar crime guys "manage" the place. Hopefully in a few generations it will weed itself out.

I totally agree, Maks and Kdp. I wish the US would buy a micro island somewhere in the Pacific, or use our property on Guam or the Marshall Islands to house them... and hell, if if ever gets overcrowded, the US does missile tests still in the Marshall Islands... and you know those things, always malfunctioning

 

But seriously, wouldn't harsher punishments alleviate a lot of the problems... maybe convincing criminals that going to prison is no vacation or place to gain rep.

wouldn't harsher punishments alleviate a lot of the problems... maybe convincing criminals that going to prison is no vacation or place to gain rep.

 

Seems to work for Sheriff Joe... Pink underwear and baloney sandwiches...

The kid is still young enough to turn it around let's hope he does for his own sake.

 

Doubtful. And prison certainly won't help reform him.

 

 

Not always true, the worst thing you can loose is your freedom, he just seems to be a idiot and a hot head, sometimes

all you need is a wake up call in life.