Here's a great letter to editor from yesterday's Honolulu Advertiser
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/14/op/op12pletters.html
Shooting seems to be an effective deterrent
So, agricultural theft in Kahuku has dropped effectively to zero since Sept. 7 when Khamxath Baccam took proactive action to protect himself and his property ("Farm thefts sharply decline," March 5). What a surprise.
I hope these events will open the eyes of all the people out there who have bleeding hearts for career criminals. Years of lax penalties, second (and third, and fourth, and 10th ...) chances have led to a nation of people who don't fear the law and its consequences. I salute you, Mr. Baccam, for showing us all what can happen when criminals are given a little deterrence.
I only hope when your jury is selected in your shooting-death trial, you draw individuals who have actually done some hard, manual labor in their life. People who will understand what it is like to work all day, every day in the hot, dusty environment of a farm only to awaken to looted fields and stolen equipment.
Ice addicts and thieves may not fear the law but, in Kahuku at least, we've finally found something that gets their attention.
Edd Rushing
Honolulu
My comments:
1)Hardened criminals commit their crimes when they know the police aren't around, that way they can escape before the police come.
2) Hardened criminals pick on easy targets.
3) Hardened criminals make excuses for their crimes. Those excuses include a hard childhood, poverty, etc. They'll make those excuses and laugh at the suckers who accept those excuses.
4) The ice addict who intruded on Bacaam's farm thought he was an easy target. The ice addict knew the police were miles away. The ice addict got shot at. Good for him.
5) All the gun control fanatics and the excuse-accepters (see #3) have yet to comment on Bacaam's case. That's because what Bacaam did is disprove all the horseshit promoted by the gun control fanatics and those who accept excuses made by hardened criminals.
