CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY AUGUST 4, 2023
SOME YEARS AGO THERE WAS A BUMPER STICKER THAT SAID: “FIGHT CRIME – SHOOT BACK.”
AS RETAILERS ARE NOW TELLING EMPLOYEES TO IGNORE GANGS OF SHOPLIFTERS THAT HAVE COST THEM AN ESTIMATED $86.6 BILLION. PERHAPS IT’S TIME TO RESURRECT THAT IDEA.
STORES FEAR FINANCIAL AND LEGAL LIABILITY IF EMPLOYEES CONFRONT THIEVES. THEY MIGHT AS WELL SEND A MESSAGE TO THEM THAT SAYS “COME IN – YOU CAN HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO STEAL.”
HOW ABOUT POSTING SIGNS OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THAT SAY “LOOTERS WILL BE SHOT”? EMPLOYEES CAN USE STUN GUNS OR RUBBER BULLETS TO INCAPACITATE THIEVES UNTIL POLICE ARRIVE. ONE HOPES A LIBERAL PROSECUTOR WON’T RELEASE THEM, BUT THE CROOKS WILL QUICKLY GET THE MESSAGE. IF YOU STEAL SOMEONE’S PROPERTY THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.
PROBLEM SOLVED. ALL OF THE CRIME WE SEE IN OUR MAJOR CITIES IS THE RESULT OF LAX LAW ENFORCEMENT AND A GENERAL BREAKDOWN IN MORAL VALUES. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM?
YOU CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM ME. IN THE MEANTIME, FIGHT CRIME – SHOOT BACK. I’M CAL THOMAS.
I quite agree and am loving all your posts! Keep up the good work, please!
Thanks for writing, Karen, and for the kind words. Please checkout my latest book “A Watchman in the Night: What I’ve seen in 50 years reporting on America.” Amazon has it for a good price!