Agreed.
The Lautenberg Law as a disgrace, as is the man.
Ayn Rand had it right.
The only way to control a man is to make him guilty of a crime.
Too many here think every crime is murder and that every punishment should be permanant.
Goddamit!
I can never spell “permanent” or “separate”.
The punishment is what it is stated to by by statute at the time that the crime is committed. You're wanting to change the punishment ex-posto facto.
I'm sure that we could discuss what crimes ought to constitute felonies and what crimes should not, and I think that some felonies shouldn't be felonies at all, but the fact remains that the punishment for a given crime is no secret - it is public record. Any criminal that fails to acknowledge what might happen if he is caught is only hurting himself.