Grow up!
Only prosecuting and penalizing CRIMINALS reduces CRIME!
Taking away guns from law abiding citizens INCREASES CRIME!!!
> Only prosecuting and penalizing CRIMINALS reduces CRIME!
Sadly, over the course of many years, government has proven itself inadequate in both prosecuting and penalizing. However, the armed citizenry has risen to the task.
In theory, the average person would agree with government, limiting capital punishment to only the worst offenders among multiple murderers. But in practice, armed citizens can take all of the government’s roles and execute mostly violent criminals in a very wide range of offenses.
And *this* is where crime is severely reduced. For every criminal who is killed is not only penalized, but all future crimes they would have carried out also disappear like a puff of smoke. At a tiny fraction of the cost.