[ElayneJ]

“I am afraid that vigilantism will become the law of the land soon”

I agree. How many people have confidence in our justice system? Not many, I think. It’s seeming more like the wild west all the time.

[Rebelbase]

“It’s seeming more like the wild west all the time.”

Which had a much lower crime rate than today.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

Agreed. It takes no psychic to see when someone with "friends in high places" gets a walk, where a normal joe (like myself) would have the book thrown at them. Look at how the dems in MA change the rules on the fly, depending on the party in power in the governors office (MA Senate appointment or election).

Pissed off? U-Betcha!

[Don Corleone]

It’s seeming more like the wild west all the time.

You're thinking about the wild west as portrayed in the movies.

In the real west, a man's word was his bond, women were respected and if you could work you worked or died. Your country was sacrosanct and neighbors were neighbors. Everyone carried a gun and there was less crime per capita than in Boston or New York City.

The west was not settled by a bunch of brie eating Chablis drinking Long Island liberals.

[Emmett McCarthy]

Yes, “Law & Order” is just the name of a TV show. Decent people will need to be prepared to defend themselves and their homes and property all on their own. And probably sooner rather than later. It is indescribably sad that we have come to this, but it is fact. It is a long struggle back, if we can make it at all.

[Oatka]

I agree. How many people have confidence in our justice system?

True. All you have to do is watch "Cold Case Files" or "Forensic Files". I respect the sometimes superhuman efforts of the lab techs and officers but when the latter say that "justice" was served when a killer, nailed by strong DNA and forensic evidence, plea bargains a death sentence down to a "Life" (sometimes WITH parole) I have to wonder.