I would love to go back to Washington, D.C. and feel like my wife and I could safely stroll the city at 9:00 or 10:00 at night. Actually, I would like to feel like we could safely walk the city at 10 in the morning. I am grateful that President Trump is taking a pro-active approach to making D.C. as safe as possible. 

In 2024 there were over 14 million criminal offenses reported in the United States. (US Crime statistics, Bing.com)

How many cities, towns or even rural areas do you feel safe in today? My son and I were in NYC a few years back. We toured the Empire State building and it was almost 1 in the morning by the time we left the building and started looking for New York pizza. We walked back to Times Square and of course there were still people out but not that many. There wasn’t a minute that I wasn’t constantly looking around and wondering if we were safe. We had a good evening but it’s aggravating to have to be concerned. 

What town or community in America can we go and not have to be concerned? Even in the smallest villages in America who knows if there is a mentally deranged person out and about looking for something bad to do or someone to hurt? Drunks and drug heads drive our roads. The mentally sick choose unpredictable times to unleash their problems on unsuspecting victims.

From just recent events, we know that you might be shopping at a Target store, sitting in a classroom, worshipping in your church or just walking down the street for something bad to happen to you or any of us. No one is immune in any place in America. 

It hasn’t always been this way. I remember that I was a child when my parents started locking the doors of our house. There was a time we didn’t even lock the doors. That was another era. Wouldn’t you love to once again live in a country or an area where you felt so safe that you didn’t bother with locking your doors? Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to lock them during the day? What if you didn’t have to keep a loaded gun close by or even lock your car? 

Wouldn’t that be a wonderful world? 

Criminals stole 2,969 cars in D.C. in 2024 and 2,944 cars so far in 2025. This is bad for everyone, the victims, the insurance companies and the city. 

God bless President Trump for trying to make America and D.C. safe again. I am that God enables him to make every town in America a place where we can feel safe. 

— Dr. Glenn Mollette is read in all 50 states. He may be emailed at gmollette@aol.com.