I need a gun

Sometimes the crime in this city really freaks me out. Seth and I intend to get a gun in the near future. It's really just a matter of taking the time to go over to the NRA, sign up for a conceal carry class, shooting a few guns to see what I like best, and buying the dang thing. When I get police alerts for the area like the following:

The Alexandria Police report two other attacks against women that occurred over the weekend.

The first attack happened just after midnight Saturday. Police said a woman was walking in the area of Beauregard and King Street when a man grabbed her. The victim screamed and fought her attacker and the man fled the scene, police said.

The second attack happened just after 1 p.m. Saturday at a McDonalds at the intersection of Glebe Road and Mount Vernon Avenue.

Police said a man tried to push his way into a bathroom that a woman was using inside the McDonalds. He is described as a white Hispanic man. He was wearing a black jacket and black pants.

The police stated that none of these incidents are related.

Anyone with any information about these cases is asked to call the Alexandria Police Department's Criminal Investigation Section at 703-838-4711.

Armistead Boothe Park Incident

At about 6:45 Sunday evening, an unknown suspect attempted to abduct a woman visiting Armistead Boothe Park. The attacker grabbed the woman and tried to force her away from the park, but she was able to successfully fight him off and escape without serious injury. He fled through the park, possibly through the community toward the Trade Center.

The victim, who is not a Cameron Station resident, fled the area and notified police. Numerous Alexandria officers, as well as a K-9 unit and police helicopter form Fairfax County searched the area extensively but were unable to locate the suspect.

The investigation has been assigned to an Alexandria Police Detective for follow-up. It has not yet been determined whether this incident is linked to a series of other attempted abductions in the City's west end and in Fairfax County over the last several months.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic or light skinned black male, about 5"8' to 5"10' tall, weighing about 180 lbs. He was wearing a black ski mask, black hoodie sweatshirt, black shoes and light blue jeans.

Anyone with any information about this case is asked to call the Alexandria Police Department's Criminal Investigation Section at 703-838-4711.

AND there's been another guy assaulting women all over the area from Falls Church down through Alexandria and a few of the other burbs in the area that they haven't caught. I may not be living in the poshest of areas in N. VA, but I'm not exactly living in the slums here either! And then there's the stories that Seth hears about at work. It's a downright scary world out there.