6 Mar
It is almost as if the criminals don’t care….
…what tools they use to commit their crimes.
First one of 3 attempts to murder members of an anti-gang unit
An anti-gang officer in Hemet, Calif., discovered a deadly device attached to his car Friday — in what appears to be the third attempt in the past two months to injure or kill members of an anti-gang unit in southwest Riverside County, MyFoxLA.com reported.
An officer with the Hemet/San Jacinto Gang Task Force called for back-up after discovering a threatening device next to his car, parked outside of a store. Authorities cordoned off the intersection near the vehicle while a bomb unit disabled the instrument.
I’m confused (my normal state I guess), I thought with the easy availability and the lax gun laws; criminals didn’t need to go through such extreme measures.
Then we travel across the country to find a “young lady” who didn’t get the memo either.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — A 16-year-old Delray Beach girl has been formally charged as an adult with fatally stabbing her mother’s boyfriend in a shopping center parking lot.
Berenice Juarez was indicted Friday on a charge of first-degree murder.
Police say Juarez lured 42-year-old Gilardo Ramos Paz to the Delray Beach parking lot by sending him a text claiming to be her mother. When the man arrived, Juarez approached his vehicle. Paz reportedly rolled down his window, and the girl stabbed him in the chest at least two times.
Guess we have a case of knives being bad news for moms’ boyfriends.
Again, I’m absolutely shocked this “young lady” had to resort to using a knife. Firearms, especially in Florida because of its Concealed Handgun Carry laws, should be readily available regardless of age, right?
Maybe we shouldn’t focus so much on the tools used but the folks involved, the socioeconomic conditions. Maybe we should look at the discipline styles and ability of the parents involved.
What do you folks think, do we need stricter explosive device laws?
Do we need stricter knife control laws?
Please join the discussion.
Posted by Paladin on 06.03.10 at 5:03 PM
1st Case – I’m thinking if we made anti-gang unit members a specially protected group, we could utilize hate crime legislation to punish the bombers. Surely THAT would put an end to future incidents.
2nd Case – Its just a matter of routing out who is responsible here.
Clearly, the cell phone company needs to be sued – due to their negligence in allowing the text-lure to be sent.
In addition, I’d call for some type of redundant safety switch to be installed on all automobiles so that verification from a third party (possibly OnStar) would be necessary before the windows could be rolled down – there by eliminating the chance of stabbing incidents like this.
Posted by Bob S. on 06.03.10 at 5:03 PM
Paladin,
It scares me that you rolled that out so easily. Please don’t ever change sides
Posted by Paul on 06.03.10 at 5:03 PM
I believe there is HOPE and Change on the horizon!
Our new president has broken with tradition and has not hired from the real world experienced labor pool.
over 95% of all his appointments have been from academia. With all these highly intelligent, educated college professors on staff, perhaps one of them will remember Cicero who wrote over 2000 years ago that “The sword has never killed anyone, it is only a tool in the hands of a killer”
Do ya think?
Paul in Texas
Posted by Sarah on 06.03.10 at 5:03 PM
If we banned reproduction, we wouldn’t have kids growing up to stab parents’ boyfriends, join gangs and try to blow up LEOs, etc.