From the Police Blotter section of our local paper:
“On Sept. 3 at 11:11 pm, police received a report of a theft from a vehicle parked on Valmont Way. A pair of Dolce and Gabanna sunglasses valued at $500 was reported missing.”
Good.
Tag Archives: Crime
More Depravity
From Mitt Romney’s campaign website: “Mitt will enforce the laws already on the books and punish, to the fullest extent of the law, criminals who misuse firearms to commit crimes. But he does not support adding more laws and regulations that do nothing more than burden law-abiding citizens while being ignored by criminals.”
Of course, professional criminals don’t massacre innocent civilians. There isn’t any money in it. The men who commit these crimes are angry and/or insane but otherwise ordinary people. They don’t have underworld connections. They would find it difficult or impossible to acquire military-style weapons if such weapons were illegal.
According to Romney, we should simply work harder at catching these people after they shoot up a movie theater, school, campaign event or commuter train.
Unfortunately, catching them after the fact has never been the problem. The problem is to prevent them from shooting lots of us in the first place.
Depravity
In the law, “depraved indifference” is a state of mind that can affect a defendant’s criminal liability: “To constitute depraved indifference, the defendant’s conduct must be ‘so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime” (www.definitions.uslegal.com).
Compare what Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin recently said about our supposed constitutional right to own assault weapons that can fire up to 100 rounds without reloading: “These are rifles that are used in hunting. Just the fact of the matter is this is really not an issue of guns. This is about sick people doing things you simply can’t prevent. It’s really an issue of freedom” (Fox News Sunday, 7/22/12).
These are rifles that are used in hunting people.
Trafficking
The state of Maryland apparently requires that the sign below be displayed in public restrooms. At least the ones at highway rest stops. That’s a good idea, since human trafficking is a substantial problem, even in the US. This is mainly the English portion of the sign. The same message is displayed in Spanish (and was photographed tonight just as poorly).
Common Sense
Chris Rock used to get big laughs and loud applause when he suggested putting an enormous tax on every bullet sold. In a more practical vein, Democratic Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey has introduced legislation that would outlaw ammunition clips holding more than 10 rounds.
Is it possible for our government to do what is sensible and clearly constitutional?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/opinion/6000-bullets-in-colorado.html?hp
Whereof One Can Speak 🇺🇦 
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