Bar Owner Blames Smoking Ban For Rape

The Denver Channel ^ | March 15, 2004 | The Associated Press.

[Gigantor]

Sure enough the perp was an Illegal, a crime the Liberals choose to ignore. So what if the Illegal is a rapist felon?

Alejandro Sanchez-Villanueva, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, was arrested in connection with the crime...

OTOH, the smoking ban must be strictly enforced.

You have hit the nail on the head.

[qam1]

I still don't see much blame for the actual rapist on this thread, which is very scary.

Of course the rapist is to blame and I only wish he could get the gas chamber. However this stupid law is also to blame.

This is equivalent to Willie Horton in 1988. Yes, He did the murders and is responsible but if it weren't for Mike Dukockis'(sp?) weekend furlough program he wouldn't have been out. Same with that child abduction caught on tape recently in Florida, Polly Class, etc.

Same thing, Yes the perpetrators are responsible but if it weren't for dumb actions/laws/programs by so called leaders the victims would have never been in the situation to be victimized by these monsters.

[JudgemAll]

That could mean hiring more security and putting up more outdoor lighting.

Oh, there you go, why not, you know, money for this grows on trees in a land where smokers are shut out from contributing to the local economy.... (sarcasm)

Gov officials have a knack for pointing fingers.

[moondoggie]

Perhaps the voters should look into ending some council careers.

The dumb voters of Pueblo had a chance to recall all the members of the council who voted for the smoking ban and only ONE was replaced and Sova AKA HITLER wasn't one of them.

Thank God we live in the county and are not affected by this B.S.

[TASMANIANRED]

One of the nurses I worked with had a sister also a nurse. She worked in a down town hospital in Phoenix. She went outside to smoke. The hospital was located across the avenue of a housing project. She was killed in a drive by.