<b>Morning Gang, Thanks for the Coffee Jim, Why would anyone risk their freedom and safety for to steal a 50 cent paper from someones yard?? <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh2:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> I was awakened at 5 AM which I sleep lightly anyways, when I heard a car stop outside in the street in front of my house, I jumped out of bed and looked through the front window and I saw that someone was coming towards the house, I put on my clothes and got my handgun just in case it was one of the many ones i had sent down to folsom&#33;&#33; <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes2:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> When I opened the door and looked out the male person was picking up my paper and starting to turn around and leave,thats when I went outside and told him to stop and back towards me with his hands in the air and i identified myself as a Police Officer,Annie had already appeared with her 38 and I told her to call the Local Police&#33;&#33; We have a lot of crime in our City Now and it&#39;s getting worse,anyways I put the cuffs on the W/M and asked him why would he steal a 50 cent paper and he stated he was broke and out of a job and didnt have 50 cents for a paper, My Local police arrived with lights flashing and sirens going and by that time the Neiborhood was woken up&#33;&#33; <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/rolleyes.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":rolleyes2:" border="0" alt="rolleyes.gif" /> Anyways we Identified the W/M (White Male) Sorry Police talk, he had no priors of arrest so I told them I wouldnt press any charges against him, and me and the local Boys had a good talk with the man and told him he may of been shot dead if it had been someone else without Training of&quot;<!--sizeo:3--><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->When to Shoot And When Not to Shoot&quot; <!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->I told him if he needed a paper that bad Id buy him one, But My friends I see a trend of this coming in the Years ahead and what next would he do to eat or pay his bills,maybe my house broken into,or wait for Annie to leave and jump her, People are doing things now that they wouldnt do ever&#33;&#33; And the Man had never been in trouble,no arrest&#39;s or record&#33;&#33; Anyways It just makes pure dumb sense when someones desperate enough for 50 cents, what will they do for a Dollar?? <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh2:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> Have a Nice day Ive got to go down and file a report with the police Department here for their records&#33;&#33; Thanks for putting up with my ranting, and you know what my Local Police said?? Why didnt you shoot him&gt;?? <img src="http://www.cruisecrazies.com/community/images/forum/tr-emoticons/huh.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":huh2:" border="0" alt="huh.gif" /> </b>