As I sit down for breakfast and open up the morning newspaper I am looking at a guy name Ballard. His plea for life in inpresentment seems to me a joke. He was convicted of killing four people with a knife not long ago. He was also let loose after a prison term for killing another person with a knife 13 years ago.
This fine upstanding young man was pissed because his girl friend was cheating on him. So he went to her house in a community very close to mine and killed her, her father, and grandfather who was in a wheel chair. The very sad thing is a near by neighbor heard the screams of terror, ran into the house to try and help, and was also murdered by Ballard.
I live not far from a good size city where the Bloods, Crypts, and Goonies all have stakes in territories. This once beautiful city does not even speak English in the down town area any more. Even though I live in an upper end development, I am less than five miles away from the city.
Now you know why I carry. There was a famous bank robbery around 1988 in a sleepy little town called Bath PA. I was almost right in the middle of that one, but that's a story unto itself. The bad guys were nabbed by my neighbor and FBI agent. Actually one of these dudes was asking for parole. They were called Apple and Hertzhog if my memory serves me, and slaughtered execution style a couple of my friends.
Some people, even cops can go 25 years without the need to ever pull their handguns. I have traveled all over the USA and unfortunately, It seems Murphy puts me in the mix of things. I definitely try to avoid conflicts at all cost, but sometimes it just can't be avoided.
PAH
