Analysis Of A Red Light Scofflaws By Frank Trippett

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“Foundations of social order are profoundly shaken when ordinary law-abiding citizens take to skirting the law” stated Frank Trippett. In the author’s short passage “A Red Light for Scofflaws” he points out how ordinary law-abiding citizens break the law sometimes too. Laws are established to protect one's family and community and have enforcers to enforce them to keep people out of harm's way. millions of americans who see themselves never breaking the law eventually ends up breaking at least one or two of them. With how many laws there are and how easy for people to break them the numbers of many americans should be extremely high. Laws are designed to protect and nourish society. Laws are there to protect people and their communities. Littering,

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