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People who commit a crime are more likely to become violent offenders than someone who has never committed a crime, wouldn't you agree?
Gateway concept.
Citizen -> Commits low level crime -> Influenced by other criminals -> More likely to return to society a more violent person
The above is a big reason Marijuana should be legal.
Now, on to RedBaron's point.
I don't think a country with one of the highest murder rates in relation to population size needs less security, that's just bollocks. If you take away the Polices' guns now, what's to say these violent criminals will put theirs down too, instead of abuse a broken system and completely shit on anyone who tries to stop them because they're the only ones with fire power. You also ignored my whole point...
If Police in the UK carried handguns I believe the crime rate would be lower, while the homicide rate might escalate slightly.
And it's "Violence begets violence."
Which I believe was first said by Martin Luther King.
I happen to agree with MLK, but disagree with the white dove concept, that is, showing weakness to an adversary creates peace. In the real world weakness gets you conquered and killed.
If executions were more publicized I think the world would be a safer place.
Gateway concept.
Citizen -> Commits low level crime -> Influenced by other criminals -> More likely to return to society a more violent person
The above is a big reason Marijuana should be legal.
Now, on to RedBaron's point.
I don't think a country with one of the highest murder rates in relation to population size needs less security, that's just bollocks. If you take away the Polices' guns now, what's to say these violent criminals will put theirs down too, instead of abuse a broken system and completely shit on anyone who tries to stop them because they're the only ones with fire power. You also ignored my whole point...
I believe the crime rate is a higher percentage based on the population in the UK. And crime would be directly affected by gun control.
If Police in the UK carried handguns I believe the crime rate would be lower, while the homicide rate might escalate slightly.
And it's "Violence begets violence."
Which I believe was first said by Martin Luther King.
I happen to agree with MLK, but disagree with the white dove concept, that is, showing weakness to an adversary creates peace. In the real world weakness gets you conquered and killed.
If executions were more publicized I think the world would be a safer place.