You are in a state where you can legally carry a gun, when you have a road rage incident. Not certain who started it, but you hit the other driver. Armed and an illegal act of violence. A citizen's committee forms a firing squad and you are gone.
Or even worse, you are accused of this even though you weren't even there. Still gone.
WeberFan wrote:n7axw wrote:You are probably a bit extreme on this one. I understand your impulse, but can't follow you all the way...
It comes down to how to draw the line and civil rights for a**holes. As for the line, capital punishment for murder and rape. As for civil rights, if we are not scrupulous about civil rights for a**holes, the civil rights of everybody else is also at risk.
As for jails, reserve them for violent offenders. Release non-violent offenders who are a danger to no one. Deal with them by fines, house arrest, etc. Your prison population would really shrink. My impression is that a majority of inmates are nonviolent.
Don
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I'm not a "shades of gray" kind of guy. For me it's pretty cut and dried.
You commit a crime of violence - ANY crime of violence - and are in possession of a firearm, you get a death sentence. And that sentence gets carried out RIGHT BLOODY NOW!
If I had my way, media would be required as a condition of their license to carry the executions live during prime time. And those executions wouldn't be carried out in a way that eliminates "pain and suffering." They'd be carried out via electrocution, hanging, or firing squad. Make the consequences swift, sure, and obvious and you deter the undesired behavior. Make the consequences slow, uncertain, and hidden (as our criminal justice system does currently) and you do anything BUT deter the undesired behavior.