[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

According to the justice report, 56 percent of the violent felons convicted in the nation’s 75 most populous counties from 1990 through 2002 had a prior conviction record, 38 percent had a prior felony conviction and 15 percent had been previously convicted for a violent felony.

So, if punishment for felonies was immediate capital punishment--say maybe stoning or firing squad--big-city crime would be plummet to less than half its present level? And us nonviolent gun buffs could still have CC and assault weapons? Surely I make too much sense here. It would put prison guards out of work, what with all those empty cells, too....not to mention the deterrant and budget-balancing effects.

[looscnnn]

The empty jails/prisons could be used for homeless and emergency shelters.