Comment of the Day: Guns off the street
A statement made in our most recent homicide story by the mother of Trenton’s latest victim has sparked much debate in online comment forums.
“They need to take these guns away,” said Theresa Corbett, mother of Andre Corbett, in an article by Brian Dzenis. “Everyone has guns, even kids.”
The grieving mother’s words have served to bring the gun control debate home to Trenton with people lining up on both sides of the argument.
Today’s Comment of the Day comes from a reader with the screen name Bettie, who seems to side with Corbett’s assessment while also addressing those who have cast aspersions against the victim, speculating that the lifestyle he lived contributed to his death.
“Guns, Guns everywhere…..and anybody can get easy access to one…..I pray that somehow we can get these guns off the street,” Bettie writes. “If there were more prison time given when you are caught with a gun illegally maybe and just maybe people would think twice about carrying….I have a son around this woman’s son age and he frequent those projects, I pray for him everyday…..You might not walk the straight and narrow, but God loves you and you are somebody’s son, brother, uncle, grandchild etc. No one deseves to die at the hands of another man…..One of the ten Commandments clearly states,”Thy shall not kill”. Who are you to take someone’s life? I will be praying for the mother and the family.”
