An armed patrol of vigilantes have set out to lower the crime rate in Houston. Two weeks ago they went out looking for gang members. The Houston police department asked them to stop their patrols, and they have temporarily agreed.

We find this group's actions unacceptable - we hope that roaming around public streets in Houston with a gun and with intent to do bodily injury is a crime--and that these vigilantes find themselves in jail.

We have nothing against citizens being armed. We support Colorado's "Make My Day" law which allows a citizen to use deadly force against an intruder in their home. But to let citizens run around the streets with guns in search of members of a particular group they don't like is just pure lawlessness--and anarchy. This is not a Second Amendment issue. Vigilante justice simply has no place in a civilized society.