49-year-old husband and father was evening manager at Arizona CVS. He confronted a 38-year-old shoplifter, who returned and shot him to death. If we delete “Thou shalt not steal,” “Thou shalt not murder” will soon follow it into the trash. And like some computers, there is no guarantee that deleted items can ever be retrieved.
Either law enforcement will be strengthened until people feel safe again, or – as in some third-world nations – stores will be patrolled by private security with indifferent training but with 12-gauge shotguns. The current chaos is unstable and cannot persist.
