Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Can you imagine believing this? [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,567 posts)Here's a list of assumptions that are illogical:
1. Laws prevent crime
2. Specifically, gun-control laws will prevent crime with guns
Rape, robbery and murder have been against so many laws in so many states and countries for so long, you would think that these would have been eliminated. They haven't.
Laws provide a standard for the justice to use a criteria for judging guilt.
Laws principally provide a guide for the honest and just to remain so.
The most basic idea behind our justice system is to limit the ability of those proven guilty to continue victimizing the general population. In criminal trials the standard is that a guilty verdict be one arrived at beyond a reasonable doubt.
Fix the system, find a way to limit or eliminate racism, classism... from the arrest and adjudication phase. Refusing to affix a just sentence because the conviction process is flawed is pointless. That's like deciding to walk (rather than drive) to the game because you can't park in the dugout.