With all due respect, this is not what I wanted to say.
On principle, the ordinary thief, or hold-up man, or even druggie has some kind of self-seeking motivation in profit or pleasure. We already have our jails full to overflowing with a surplus of black Americans, male and female. That I can understand.
It is the pure terrorism spread by the "knockout game" supporters and perpetrators who have no goal but irrational and unpredictable disruption of society that need termination. These are just as ruinous of mutual trust as were the 9/11 Muslim terrorists. They are not just common criminals. These intend to destroy the very fabric of a free culture, by causing it to be replaced with a police state to suppress terrorism and control everyone's behavior.
That is what I am saying needs drastic and immediately applied measures.
An armed society is a polite society. Gun-free zones are dangerous.
How is saying “needs drastic...measures” different than from what I said? Unless your drastic measures are not the same as mine.