Comments on: Man Allegedly Assaults Underage Girl At Walmart

By: J. V.

J. V. — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:06:11 +0000

Way to go Mr Ferrand! This sickens me! And this happened only 15 minutes from where I live. 15 minutes to the Walmart on Hwy29 Ensley too! My husband and I are parents to a baby girl and I can’t even imagine this happening to her at any point in her life! I applaud the father for keeping the little girls safe and standing up to this man! If not, he would still be out there doing the same thing over and over again! Let his ass rot in that jail cell! The gun topic: Do whatever you need to do to keep yourself and your family safe! We have 2 guns but don’t have our concealed weapons permits yet. But I will be putting that into action very soon because of this! I want to be able to keep myself and my family safe even when my husband isn’t there to keep us safe! Ladies, don’t be scared, it’s for your own protection! And to think, Obama wants to take away our guns! Screw that!

By: joshua

joshua — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:22:34 +0000

This is a perfect example of why RESPONSABLE people should have a concealed weapons permit.What would have happened if he didn’t have a gun,the freak might have gotten away(I’m sure the dad would have punched the tard in the face)I say someone buy that father a brewskie, for showing more restraint than I (a father of 3 daughter’s) would have!! That guy is the type of person that there is no reabilation for. Way to go dad!!

By: John Liner

John Liner — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:52:11 +0000

Mr. Ferrand, I feel you did right by not shooting him! I am 70 years old and live in Leesville, Louisiana and have two grandaughter’s. i have lived here for 33 years and now just in 5 mile’s. We have about 250-300 of these people livening here! I don,t think i would have done the same!

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:52:29 +0000

REGARDING:
“He went to prison and served whatever time and did it do him any justice? Did he come out a better man? No, because that is not the goal of prison. Prison hides the “undesirables”. Those that we, the supposed “good” people who think others should be shot dead, do not want to deal with. I am not excusing any behavior and I think that he should be punished for a crime committed but Pensacola, WAKE UP…he is a product of our city, a product of our county”

There was an idea that took the country by storm a while back that prisons should be places for people to repent of their sins and then rejoin humanity. Visionaries renamed the prisons “penitentiaries,” meaning places to repent. They–we–tried all kinds of ways to use it to reform the individual. (Prisons for children are called Reform Schools for that reason)

The problem was that NONE of them worked. People decide how to be. We can’t change them. Parole boards considered themselves successful if half of the people they released early were not rearrested for a rape or murder within six months–with no consideration of how many crimes they actually committed.

Folks tired of such a “success” rate. They noticed that criminals in prison did not prey upon the weak, helpless and unsuspecting. They noticed that some ninety percent of all crime was committed by maybe ten percent of convicts. Society decided to be harsher on repeat offenders because that protected people better.

Criminals are not a product of our society or we would all be criminals. They decide to be criminals.

It isn’t Pensacola’s fault.

David for personal responsibility

By: River Rat

River Rat — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:53:35 +0000

William Butler Jr. (yes, he is named aftr his dad) has been a very troubled boy from the word go! I remember watching him steal a cooler off of someone’s front porch in the afternoon. He grew up and and still lives off of Gulf Beach Hwy in Pleasent Grove. They were trash when they lived by me and I for one think the lord they do not live by me anymore! I also am not surprised by the prison term!.

By: curious

curious — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:19:13 +0000

also the guy showed good restraint by not knocking him in head or by shooting him he just held him there if it was my daughter i probably would have at least shot him in kneecap or a little north just to let him him knowthat i meant business but everybody doesnt need a gun

By: curious

curious — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:12:23 +0000

E1 some of us still know where our kids are mine are @ home with me right this second. good people are having to get permits for things like this until this happened u didnt know anybody would be in store with their gun buying racheal ray i hope nothing happens to u or family but if it does u might be hoping that guy is near u. as for me my only hope is that my kids friends parents would take care of them & not go partying with them.

By: E1

E1 — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:58:51 +0000

Firstly, I agree that the acts of Mr. Butler were heinous, disrespectful and offensive; however I am completely perplexed by the attitude that many people on this forum have towards the use of guns. Shoot him? Better off dead? Lock him away for life? If math serves me correctly, his first offence was in 1999 and that would have made him 18 years old. He went to prison and served whatever time and did it do him any justice? Did he come out a better man? No, because that is not the goal of prison. Prison hides the “undesirables”. Those that we, the supposed “good” people who think others should be shot dead, do not want to deal with. I am not excusing any behavior and I think that he should be punished for a crime committed but Pensacola, WAKE UP…he is a product of our city, a product of our county…do not cast stones because while you are busy typing this, where is your kid? And don’t give me some high and mighty answer that you know what your kid is doing because you don’t! All I am saying is, you do not combat violence or violation with statements condoning the same behavior that you are condemning. On a side note, Quick Draw at Wal-Mart had a gun whether or not this event would have ever happened and that makes me nervous because while he didn’t fire the gun, it is scary to think that the guy next to you could shoot you dead while you buy your Rachel Ray frying pan set. You know you have it.

By: AL

AL — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:56:03 +0000

So reassuring to see a Dad step up to the plate and be the man he is supposed to be. Way to protect your daughter and her friends! Thanks for being so aware

By: Mom

Mom — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:03:24 +0000

Way to go, Mr. Ferrand! I believe my dad would have done the same thing. No, my dad would have tied him up into a thousand knots before the police got there. My dad has a background in hand-to-hand combat!