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[quote=GRIZ326,251215]>>>Does the Death Penalty reduce crime? That is not what I hear from criminologists.

Paul, it most certainly does reduce crime because that executed criminal can no longer commit the crimes that they would have committed. Does it deter others? Probably only those criminals who are not yet hardened.

>>>Resticting guns and knives reduces the severity of crime.

This is another piece of mythology, Paul. The states and communities within the US with the strongest anti-gun laws have the highest crime rates. Only law-abiding citizens obey the restrictions, leaving them defenseless against the armed criminals. We have never had a drive-by shooting in Montana because criminals know that the people on the street would shoot back at them.

I've carried a gun in my pocket for 20 years and never shot or murdered anyone. I have only un-holstered my gun twice in that time; in both cases the would-be attack fled at the sight of the firearm. With few exceptions, criminals are cowards.

>>>Legalising drugs consumption reduces crime, not just the crime of possession but gets the crime gangs out of the loop and stops removes the need for the addicts to stal to buy the drugs.

Works in theory, but has not worked in practice in the US. The methadone program only increased the drug supply. I guess it might work if you opened heroin pubs. ...then instead of the west just having thousands of functional drunks we could have thousands of functional junkies too.

Imposing laws only restricts the freedom of people who already follow moral precepts; laws have no effect on criminals unless the criminals are caught. Western governments want crime and criminals...it gives them an excuse to grow their bureaucracies, raise taxes and impose further controls on productive, tax-paying citizens.

Why China is moving so rapidly towards westernization is an absolute mystery to me; money is not everything when western social problems come with the money. The price of westernization is terribly high. Once China has western-style crime it will not be a nice place to be.

In reality, China has very little crime and has dealt effectively with it in the Chinese way. The west has done a terrible job at controlling crime; the criminals rule. We can hope Chinese rulers are smarter than those in the west.[/quote]

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