Home invaders should fear for their lives

Dear Editor:

Penticton RCMP Supt. Brian Hunter is to be commended for his wishful thinking. Being full of bright ideas is no guarantee that things will change as we’ve seen in the past (Herald, May 22).

The problem we have is culpability and the lack thereof. One need look no further than our “injustice” system where our collection of notso-honourable excuses for judges can — and do — render decisions that constantly favour the perps and to hell with the victims and screw the consequences of which there are none.

I have said it before and I will now say it again, if someone breaks into your home threatening the lives of your wife and kids, they should do so with the assured understanding that this will quite possibly be that last thing they ever do.

Similarly, if someone breaks into your business stealing everything that you have worked for, they should once again most assuredly expect to be fed through a straw forever after.

It should be be a public reminder that the police come “after the fact.” Your first line of defence is what you have set your home up for and your ability to handle whatever comes through your door, the police only arrive after a 911 call.

I wish the new superintendent every success, but I fear like all those that came before him, unless the injustice system of our courts is addressed and amended to favour the victims of crime, he is flogging a dead horse.

Don Smithyman, Oliver