Paying the price

When I first read the newspaper accounts of the three young men involved in the armored car heist, I was outraged.

They used two .45-caliber weapons to shoot another human being four times.

I've got a news flash: law enforcement and the military do not have a .45 as standard issue for the mere purpose of firing warning shots. They are meant to kill.

When I read the accounts of their arraignment, I was, on the one hand, so hot you could have fried an egg on my head. But on the other, I was relieved they are being held without bond.

The victim is not the only one feeling a sense of relief for that. But what really stood out about the court proceeding was that the parents asked the court to release one of the suspects back to them and they would see to it he complied with all court restrictions.
I don't think so! An adult's conduct is reflective of upbringing, and this misplaced sense of entitlement is a very dangerous thing.

In one article I read that an aunt and uncle of one of these perps, after the court session was over, was quoted as saying, "I hope they are (expletive) satisfied." Aren't we all?

They will enter prison as young men and probably be old men the next time they breathe free air; the feds do not do parole.