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Re: turn in your knives!
From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:10:09 -0500
On 5/25/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
If the penalty for robbing a gumball machine is 2 days in prison. BUT, the penalty for robbing that same gumball machine with a gun or knife or other deadly weapon on your person is 2 YEARS in prison witout early release, how many bad guys are going to rob that gumball machine with a gun or knife on them? Only the really reeally stupid, that's who....
So far, this appears to be true. The NRA has pushed a program like that for years now - they use it in Missouri and Virginia (probably many other places). It states that any crime committed with a firearm will result in a 5 year minimum sentence. That's all well and good and though it does appear to cut down on violent crime with firearms, I'm against it as being unConstitutional. The sentence is supposed to fit the crime, and if the sentence is laid out before the crime has even been committed - let alone heard in court and judged - then it can't fit that crime. A nation of individuals should be able to understand that, and then be understanding in the jury room. Mercy is a big part of our justice system and far too often we allow a prosecutor to be merciless simply because some BS bureaucrat in DC or Jefferson City wants to score points on the "tough on crime" meter for his next election. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
Current thread:
- Re: turn in your knives!, (continued)
- Re: turn in your knives! Chris Buechler (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Andrew (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Andrew (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Brian Loe (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Valdis . Kletnieks (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! der Mouse (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Drsolly (May 25)
- RE: turn in your knives! Blanchard_Michael (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Valdis . Kletnieks (May 25)
- RE: turn in your knives! Blanchard_Michael (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Brian Loe (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Drsolly (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Valdis . Kletnieks (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Blue Boar (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Dude VanWinkle (May 25)
- Re: turn in your knives! Drsolly (May 26)
- Re: turn in your knives! Drsolly (May 26)
- RE: turn in your knives! Blanchard_Michael (May 26)
- RE: turn in your knives! Drsolly (May 26)
- Re: turn in your knives! Blue Boar (May 26)
- Re: turn in your knives! Brian Loe (May 26)