Shots Fired!!

How many stories have there been lately about “Shots Fired in Topeka”? In the Sunday edition of the Topeka Capital Journal, we read about “Shots fired at mall”, in the Saturday edition, “Basketball player shot at”, "Nine shot in a single day" and the list can go on.

Why does it seem that we are constantly reading about gun violence in Topeka?

Have we become such a violent city that we need to travel armed to protect ourselves? Or have we allowed a violent element to come into our neighborhoods, and force their criminal behavior on us? Is it because of the drug labs? The gangs? Illegal Immigrants? Or is it simply that shooting at others has become something that we consider acceptable?

I was happy to read about the two incidents that have already occurred under our new concealed carry law, whereby a robbery was stopped by private citizens who were authorized to carry weapons. Hopefully, our district attorney will continue this by putting the armed felons who were committing the crimes into prison for a long time,

Regardless of the reasons, our new police chief needs to take a look about what is happening, and what people are behind the constant warfare in our neighborhoods. Let's take a proactive stance, and make our streets safe.