Put them away

As I peruse the blogs to see what folks are saying about yesterday's shooting, I note two posts that have me thinking.

One is over at the always readable PelaLusa:

I was out in Langley last weekend, delivering computers as part of my computer donation program. I later commented to a longtime friend of mine in Mexico that Langley would be a wonderful, safe, and quiet community for her and her son to relocate to.

Now we have a bunch of gangster wannabes re-enacting something they've seen in a violent video game.

There's trouble in town and the first thought is that we need a new sheriff. But let's face it, the problem isn't with the police. Rather, we're cursed with a horde of weak-kneed judges and politicians who are afraid to resolve this matter. A minimum sentence of 5 years with no parole for any illegal gun possession would be a good start! But you and I know that they'll never make such changes.

One frustrated citizen!!!

The "wild west" theme was picked up by another blogger (I had never heard of him before today's post), Barry O'Regan. Glancing over his site, he makes Randy White look positively centrist, but here's his post on the real problem:

The Wild, Wild, West certainly hasn't died in British Columbia, with what seems a shooting a day, certainly not a shining example for a Province soon to host the 2010 Olympics, complete with Government Lawmakers who seem like comic sidekicks than effective Sheriffs.

Not a John Wayne or Clint Eastwood in sight in a Province which boasts in the Media as "The Best Place in the World to live", at least for any criminal that is.