The news this evening showed a man walking down the street carrying a rifle over his shoulder.

Now, I am a person in favor of the 2nd amendment, but this was dumb. It scared a few folks and it would have scared me.

However, it is legal and the man might have had a legitimate reason for having it. It might have been so simple that he had no car and wanted to pawn the rifle. Still, if at all possible, he might have tried to conceal it from sight. Even at that, I don’t know. Hiding it might not be legal. Those gun laws can get strange.

Nonetheless, there are some aspects about it that were never covered. First, had it been a holstered sidearm, it might not have been noticed. Moreover, if he was permitted, then there would have been nothing wrong with it.

Had he been driving, no one would have noticed. Yet, it would have been more of a threat. Instead of shooting and running, he could have used the drive by approach.

Finally, if he planned harm, he likely would not been carrying the weapon in the open and drawing all the attention.

On another event, a man had his his window shot and it took an hour for the police to answer the call. The news reporter properly said that the time was likely due to the defund police movement.

A policeman reported that increasing the number of police would help, which would be correct. Personally, I strongly suggest that a few less criminals on the street would help even more.

When an armed man entered our house here in Desoto County, two officers were here in right about 3 minutes. If they had responses like that in memphis, if they had judges and prosecutors like we have in Desoto County, there would be far fewer incidents.

Sorta like one of my earlier posts. Shelby County pays the DA, but apparently they don’t expect him to do anything. Apparently, it’s what the criminal expect too.

It would appear the DA is a real friend of criminals.