Get tough on criminals

Tue., April 2, 2013

I feel that you have a right to protect your property anyway you can, even if you need to shoot. If a criminal were afraid of the result of his actions, maybe he would think twice before doing the crime. Criminals live better in prison than most of the law-abiding public.

If the whole system was harder on crime and criminals, maybe they would think before acting out a crime.

Hans Bolthausen

Kettle Falls, Wash.

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