re: Man arrested in shooting of two cheerleaders after one mistakenly got into the wrong car

[quote]People have no sense of security, whether it's DAs letting out violent repeat offenders again and again or the news telling certain groups of people they're being hunted for simply existing.[/quote]

This is the reason...folks suffereing from irrational fears. Anxiety disorders are the most common form of mental illness and its estimated that 30% of adults in the US suffer from it. As someone pointed out in this thread nearly 330 million people own nerly 400 million guns and almost none of either were involved in a violent crime yesterday and will not be today. The same is true of violent crimes....almost no one will suffer from a crime in the US today, violent or otherwise, but about 30% of adults think they are just about to become a victim any minute. It is a mental illness that is wide spread and devastating. Couple it with the propensity for the state to refuse to prosecute the actions of the mentally ill and you have an atmosphere where mentally ill folks are killing people for no reason and never being taken to task for having done so.