[competentone]

It sounds like things are changing -- for the better -- in Michigan since I lived there.

I wonder if the punks knew that the gun was unloaded? The story reads kind-of weird since in one of the car-jacking attempts the writer states that the trigger was pulled. If the punk knew the gun was unloaded, why would he bother pulling the trigger? It sounds like he either didn't know the gun was unloaded and intended to murder that victim, or he was really sadistic and enjoyed terrorizing his victims.

Whatever the case, we can know with certainty that the world is a better place without him!