Another shopping mall fell victim to thugs this weekend. This was not in Detroit, California or New Jersey. This was in Kentucky, the beautiful Blue Grass State. Sadly this is not an isolated case. I believe the Mall of America fell victim to thugs last year. Remember the Salem Mall right here in Dayton?
Growing up in North Dayton, the Salem Mall was our mall of choice. Then I noticed it was falling victim to thugs. One day the half unit and I went shopping and were walking down the main aisle when a group of thugs were walking toward us. The group was in a line which meant I had to move out of their way as they did not intend to give an inch.
Guess what? I didn’t budge either. A thug collided with me and I turned to face him. He looked in my eye and decided to turn and walk away with his group. He and I both knew when our eyes met that he would back off.
That is when the half unit said, “No more of this, we are leaving.” No amount of assurance what all would be fine convinced my wife to go back to the mall. With thugs taking over, the mall finally closed and was razed.
I hope I am wrong but I see another shopping mall going the way of the Salem Mall. It would be a shame if that happens. It seems the thugs are bound and determined to make decent citizens afraid of them, ruling their own fiefdoms.
In spite of efforts of the local mall owners, thugs have not changed. Before Christmas I wanted to go to a gun shop near a mall. The wife and I met a State Probation Officer friend and his wife and had lunch then went to shop around 1400 hours.
Arriving in the area of the mall, we passed a public bus stop which was crowded with women and children shoppers and about eight thugs. As I drove by a car pulled into a drive alongside the bus stop and stopped. One of the thugs walked over to the car and the driver handed money out and the thug delivered a package of drugs. The car pulled away and the thug ambled back over to his spot as if nothing out the ordinary had occurred.
Of course I am one of those evil police, albeit retired, who make society such a dangerous place to live. With shootings, robberies and drug dealing being a regular occurrence at our malls the fear factor of law abiding citizens increases, and business decreases in those locations.
Eventually the war between good and evil will come to the streets of America. I don’t know if it will be political, class or race or a combination of all of them that erupts on the streets, but as I have been stressing, the good citizens will eventually have to make a stand. That is why I suggest each able bodied citizen learn to handle a personal defense weapon and carry concealed.
