Winner of the "duh" comment of the day award.
In case you hadn't noticed, every human has the ability to break the law. If you're advocating punishing those who show that ability, you might as well strap every infant down from birth and rescind the entire Bill of Rights. That is not the benchmark to use in determining who should and should not be punished, mainly because it does not do anything to differentiate. In point of fact, it merely classifies every human as criminal, and frees the state to mete put punishment at will. What's your definition of a police state? Your standard surely makes a rather powerful one, as police states go.
I should have proofread better. I should have said that Felons have demonstrated thier intent, ability, and flagerant disregard of the law. We all have the ability to break the law, but most of us have the sense not to. Those who decide not to exercise good judgement are punished, and should be punished. In the case of a felony, the punishment is jail time, a criminal record and that they are prohibited from voting, and owning a firearm for life.
This particular loser decided that stealing things from people's homes (Felony Burglary) was a good thing for him to do, regardless how his victims may have suffered. He has demonstrated that he is a theif, and will intrude upon innocent people's property to take what is not his; not once, but at a minimum of twice (assuming he was caught 100% of the time). Now, we have people arguing that this person is being punished because he can't legally obtain a firearm, a right enjoyed by someone who actually obeys the laws. Yes, that's just what this country needs, legally armed criminals.
But, besides bashing my origional sentence, do you have any point to make? Or is sniping 'your thing'?