ralex's Blog

The topic of Court House Security has risen since the shootings in Kirkwood Missouri. And after reading some of the Star's account of the gunmans past and legal issues he faced with the City of Kirkwood, I had to question some of what the city fined him about. All the Star mentioned was trash and the way he stored building material. An 18,000 dollar fine would seem abit steep. Now I'm not in faviour of people dumping anywhere they please, and I enjoy nice scenery as anyone. But we shouldn't be faced with the task of protecting our government from the citizens they are supposed to be serving. Something else is wrong here. Something more deep routed as I'm sure we haven't heard all of the story from both sides.

Metal detectors won't suffice to prevent what happened in Kirkwood.

The only way to protect government officials from the public is to isolate them, under guard all the time. We don't want this I'm sure, and who would want to pay for it. Our government should remain accessible to the people. Whats wrong isn't security, its something much more profound.