What are the demographics of Henderson? Does it have any other similarities to say Durham, Rocky Mount, or other cities where violence and crime is high? Could it be if they all share the same demographics then that could be common ground and part of the problem ? That's crazy to think if the have an exact common link then that could be the problem ain't it

It must be very hard to live in fear, especially since one of these attacks took place in front of children. The raper has no fear. Hope they find this person sooner than later. I don't understand if they think it is one person or several doing the attacking.

Just some basic thought here

If you do not have a gun while witnessing or being the victim of a crime you are a victim, the criminal is free to proceed as he wishes, and that's it.

If you DO have a gun you can simply not draw it and the SAME thing happens. PLUS you have the option TO draw it if it seems likely you can stop the criminal.

In every conceivable way the second situation is better as you at least have the option, and we know for a fact some people have effectively exercised such an option to improve the situation.

http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/ Guns ownership doesn't correlate to lower crime rates. It is way to complex to break it down into something that black and white. Crime rates are a complex mix of socioeconomic, education levels, drug and alcohol abuse rates......and on and on. Let's just say this I'm from Henderson and Ive lived in NYC and Philidelphia. If you think you'd be so much safer with a gun spend some time in Philly. I know as I was being mugged at gun point with one gun being held at my head and another shoved in my back I wouldn't have been any safer if I had one on my person that night. It would've 1) ended in someone getting shot......probably me. or 2) just resulted in the criminals having one more gun illegally at their disposal. Hope they catch this guy and stay safe but too all of you that won't to turn this into some political talking point, get a life, and enough Limbaugh.

"Where is the SBI? Are they working on this also? Seems like more would be better."

How do you know they're not? Did anyone say that the SBI or any other agency wasn't working with their police department or the Sheriff's Office? Why do folks insist on making law enforcement give up every bit of information that they need to keep low key to help get the person(s) responsible just because people are curious?

Where is the SBI? Are they working on this also? Seems like more would be better.

"US having 4X the murder rate of any comparable western country"

Is that number factoring the larger population too? Because yes, we would have larger stats given that we are larger and more populated than most countries.

But I bet if you dig into those doctored crime stats, you'd find that the OTHER crimes have gone up - burglary, assault, rapes, etc. Just because you aren't murdered in a crime, doesn't make your life any less destroyed. In those countries with strict gun laws, yes, the criminals have less access, but it doesn't eliminate them or the crimes.

Grand Union's quote: 'I think they had the shooter of the State Trooper and his car on camera which is a much better aid to identification than any eye witness report.'

Yes, the camera provided information, but a woman who is savagely raped is a far better eye witness of the facial features, body features, height, color(eyes, skin, hair,) weight, clothing,smells, and even his breath than a camera on a car.

My original point was: A description of the perpetrator needs to be provided for the citizens of Henderson.

"Me: I'm not saying that. You asked a question and then sarcastically answered it by using meaningless anecdotal evidence." NYtoNC81

The "meaningless anecdotal evidence" being the article that we are actually commenting on.

Yeah, the UK has a massively higher violent crime rate than the US does-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html

Because criminals prefer unarmed victims.

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