Seriously, the country has gone frickin' nuts!

From Daily Kos...

Via Jamil Smith, the tale of another gun owner keeping America safe by shooting at things:

Two private citizens in Prattville took action against a crime they saw committed on Wednesday afternoon - now police are searching for the suspect.

Prattville authorities say two customers followed an alleged shoplifter outside of the Prattville Belk location. When the suspect attempted to flee, police say the private citizens fired shots into the suspect's vehicle.

Smith tweets: "Imagine, for a second, if that shoplifter was innocent." Hell, imagine they were guilty. Why are random people on the street shooting at shoplifters now?

At least one of the shots was the public safety ninja's attempt to shoot out the alleged shoplifter's tires. The would-be hero, a 57 year old man from Georgia, will be charged with a misdemeanor but was otherwise left to go about his day. Popping off a few rounds into someone else's car in a shopping center parking lot because you think they're a crook is bad, after all, but not that bad.

Let the record show that if the choice is between letting shoplifters get away and having random members of the public engage in gunfights in front of my local clothing store, you can put me down for one box of Let Them Keep The Damn Socks Already. Christ, people, are you that hard up for your chance at heroism?