IT is all very well for Jack Straw to encourage us to "have a go" at vandals and muggers - he has police protection and will have for the foreseeable future.
The rest of us would be subject to reprisals against our property and families and the possibility of prosecution for assault.
KEITH ELLEL, Westwood Avenue, Rishton.
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