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Originally Posted by wmbwinn
No, my arguement is dead on accurate. The problem is clearly hinted at in your rant/rave.
The problem is in the judicial and penal system where the punishment for the crime is watered down and ineffective.
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Originally posted by Mavdog:
the punishments are dictated by the penalties in the laws.
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Yes, the punishment RANGE of possible punishments is spelled out in the law. The problem is that the lower range of punishments possible is assigned and then the penal system turns them loose early.
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"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -Thomas Jefferson
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