GUN OWNERRS COULD TAKE A BATTERING AS A RESULT OF THE DISCUSSIONS NOW GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.  PERHAPS THE WRONG PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE HEAT.  THIS PAST WEEK, SEVERAL HOMES WERE BROKEN INTO AND FOUR GUNS WERE STOLEN FROM TWO OF THEM.  THESE GUNS WERE OWNED LEGITIMATELY BY THE HOME OWNES.  NOW THEY ARE IN THE HANDS OF OUTLAWS AND LIKELY WILL BE USED IN THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME, UNLESS THE POLICE CATCH UP WITH THEM BEFORE.  WOULDN'T IT BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUNISH THIE CURPRITS WHO STOLE THE GUNS?  I'M NOT TALKING A FEW DAYS IN JAIL AND A SMALL FINE.  I MEAN IT SHOULD BE TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDER STAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CRIME. 

I HEARD A JUDGE SAY,"THE GREATEST DETERRENT TO CRIME IS THE CERTAINTY OF PUNISHMENT."  CRIMINALS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THAT.