Not available, pup. The burglary investigation will be covered by Milwaukee police. Tosa police are handling the traffic accident report. And by the time I could get the report from MPD, the suspect could have walked to Sheboygan. It's strange, given the guy was last at large in our fair city, but that's how it's handled.

With that attitude I certainly hope you don't shoot some neighborhood kid walking down the street just because you thought they were criminals. The conceal carry permit does not protect your family, it only lets you carry a weapon. It does not provide proper training for the use of a gun like our great law enforcement or the intelligence to evaluate all situations.

Alfred, your latest comment, in reply to Garden Diva, has been deleted. Concealed carry is legal and you are perfectly within your rights to support and exercise it. But your insinuations toward a fellow reader amount to a breach of our terms of use.

I am afraid Alfred is on the loose again today.

My neighborhood is full of sidewalk prowlers. It's not Alfred I'm worried about. It's gotten so bad here that I look over my shoulder during my evening constitutionals in the Highlands. Maybe that's why I keep seeing so many new lawn signs for alarm system companies.

Alfred, there is content and there is context. At the risk of repeating inappropriateness, but in the interest of explanation: On a day when the top story is a heinous rape, which I believe you referenced, suggesting that a woman who chooses not to carry a gun is choosing, and indeed willing, to be a victim – is stepping over a line.

There are unfortunate people who do choose to be victims – or to be more precise, can't help but allow themselves to be victims. They are exemplified to me on a daily basis by the men but, mostly, women who choose not to press charges, cooperate with authorities or testify against their abusers.

Garden Diva does not appear to me to be one of those. She is simply saying that she would not choose to carry a gun to protect herself or others because she believes it would create a greater danger than benefit. That's an opinion, which you are free to dispute.

No person of right and sound mind chooses to be a victim, and to personally insinuate that another of my clearly rational readers is "asking for it" on this particular day, is not only beyond my pale, it drew emails to me from a number of dismayed readers who felt that your comments amounted to a personal attack, something proscribed by the terms of use.

I doubt you meant that. I do not personally dispute your right to self-defense or your right to advocate for it. I only ask that you not impugn the individual character of others who may disagree with you.