A response to Thuggery

I wrote the following letter to a New York newspaper after reading about a Jewish merchant who had his store vandalized and robbed during business hours. Gun enthusiasts claimed that the store owner should have been able to protect himself and his property with a gun, and that he "should have shot as many as possible." I am not pleased with what the invaders did. However, I am not in agreement with the merchant killing anyone. Here is the letter: "Does New York state not allow store owners to have a gun handy to protect themselves and their property? It does not appear that one gun would have done the job. There were too many invaders. Also, some merchants are not interested in killing people on their property. Corpses, blood and a bullet riddled store do not appear to be an option for them. There is no excuse for this kind of mistreatment of a merchant. It is definitely an example of ignorance in action. Is racism demonstrated by the perpetrators? Maybe. How about hatred, anger and jealousy? As the saying goes: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Many problems can be prevented, and every problem has a solution. “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Prov.22:6) So….who is doing the training?"