Nothing personal intended toward you, my friend.
I do tend to paint with a rather broad brush, this is true.
Find myself getting into trouble from time to time with the [few] good conservatives living in New York State -- *especially* NYCity -- when I rag on the home of Chuck-E-Schumer & the old bat.
"We had a situation here in Modesto a few years back where a homeowner discovered someone stealing his car, fired two rounds through the windshield at the perp, and then pulled the guys body out so he wouldn't bleed all over the upholstery. The only thing he received was a warning about moving bodies and disturbing crime scenes."
HA!!
If justice -- at times -- can be funny then that'd be it.
Sounds like this guy would've made a splendid governor.
"In another situation a few years ago, another homeowner came home to find three unarmed teenage boys burgling and vandalizing his house. He opened fire and killed all of them, including one as he was running out the back door. Again, no prosecution."
Odd [we] out here in flyover never hear about those instances, don'tcha think?
Wonder *why* the Associated Press would pass over such a great example of citizen justice. (~just kidding, we all know why the AP et al ignore everything good & dear...)
"The whole state isn't screwed up...just most of it."
Well the DA's office in LA County is for absolutely certain & CA's rags are in a league all their own, the sewer league.
I'm saddened to hear what's happened to much -- mostly east & south of Reno, NV -- of CA over the past few decades.
My days spent living in beautiful Susanville California are treasured memories, believe me.
...among the best days of my life.