Drunk Driving and Illegal Aliens
I hate to start a post without knowing the full facts of a case. But here goes. As I was watching Fox News today a story aired wherein a drunk driver had killed a young child recently. It seems the drunk driver, had one previous
DUI. The driver was also in the country illegally. Of course this brought shouts of outrage from the newscasters and the local community. The family of the deceased asked for forgiveness for the driver. I can understand the anger at our kids being killed by illegal aliens. But the real problem lies in our collective failure to deal effectively with all drunk drivers. The penalties for drunk driving are too lax and vary widely from state to state. You can get more time in jail for copping a feel from a young hottie than you can for killing a person with a 4,000 pound vehicle while drunk. This is ridiculous. Lawmakers don’t seem to want to strengthen these laws either. Maybe its because so many of them drive drunk. Until we get the conviction to put our foot down on every drunk driver, it should not matter if the culprit is illegal or not.
