I am one who firmly believes that one should speak within their frame of competence, but I believe there are times when one has to express concern on matters of national importance. I listened to Mr. Richelieu, the lawyer for Hon. Mondesir, speaking of his concerns on the issue of jurisprudence. He made an important point that there is need to separate the law from the politics in this case.  Law is based on precedent, a complete distinction from engineering, and while I have an intense interest in law, I can only be described as a ‘bush lawyer’.  A ‘bush lawyer’ that will never understand why the law says that someone found with an illegal firearm should be punished the same as a man caught stealing a bunch of bananas. I will never understand why lawyers are keen to defend the rights of those who have brutally murdered innocent women and children and have never gone to a victim to...