Only In My Neighborhood

Sorry about the lack of posting lately. I've been pulling some long hours at my new job and by the time I get home in the evening, I'm usually not in a condition to be writing too much. I even ended up working today

Now after I got home tonight I knew I had to make a quick down to my parents house, so I figured I'd stop and pick up the kids and then drive down there. Got sidetracked a little when my neighborhood decided to rear its ugly head once again.

This time, the kid across the street decided to shoot one of his friends with a BB gun. The other kid's mother went over and got into an argument with the shooter's mother - all the way up to involving pushing and spitting.

Now here's the question: Who overreacted more? The shooter's mother, who called the cops to report an assault against her person (never mind that her kid shot another one) or the local Keystone Kops who sent out damn near the whole department (4 cruisers, 5 officers) to repsond to it (lights and sirens going, of course)?

As it turns out, the shooter's mother could report her neighbor for assault - a misdemeanor charge. In turn, the neighbor would have been able to press felony negligence charges for failing to supervise her kid wile he was running around with the BB gun.

Now I'm not a big fan of gun control. I believe that the Second Amendment is pretty clear in it's wording, it's meaning, and it's intentions. But ownership of a gun, even a BB gun, does entail responsiblity. And that was what was missing in this case. The adults involved showed no responsibility.

I have got to get out of this neighborhood. Hopefully I can turn this new job into something that pays enough to achieve that.