Liberal, thy name is Mayhem

We were wakened early by a phone call from our kid.  For the second time in, exactly, one month his business was broken into and robbed early in the morning.  Last month the suspected perp, a psychotic with a long arrest record who hangs around, showed up the next day flashing the loot, claiming he found it in a trash bin.  The police did not follow up.  Now this.  I joked with Huck that, by God, one month from now I'd be spending the night in the store with a shotgun.  Huck said he implied the same thing to the cop, and was told, ''If you did, it would be entrapment, and we'd have to arrest you.'' Two things here.  First, the guy really is a psychotic who acts this way every time he skips his medicine (which is frequently).  Since he can be quite violent during these episodes, the merchants are terrified of him.  Does he belong in an asylum?  Of course.  Why isn't he warehoused in a prison for the  criminally insane?  The ACLU's successful lawsuit of yesteryear that made it near impossible (I frequently see it written that it was caused by Reagan budget cuts).  When events defy logic, you will almost always find a do-good liberal, pen in hand, codifying insanity. Sheesh.