WrathWilde, I am sorry to say but the "three strikes and your out" laws are not being implemented. I have an uncle who has done made three strikes several times over. They still give him no more than six months, If even that much. Those tougher penalties do not work because they keep rolling on each other to avoid those sentences or they make a plea bargain. My felon uncle was almost murdered back in 2002 or 2003 an dthose bastards tried to cut a plea. If it were not for the fact that our family insisted that no plea bargain be accepted they would have accepted one. I used to work with two people who were imprisoned for felonies, one was a repeater on his third involving a weapon, both were plead down and received no more than eight years maximum. that did not include early release for good behavior. The system is on a rehabilitate while incarcerated policy. They get educatuion and training, paid for by our taxes. I cannot afford the training that they get. They get exercise equipment that is paid for by our taxes. I cannot afford the equipment that they get to use. They get cable tv that our taxes pay for. There are people working legitemate jobs who cannot afford that. Why should they get all of this paid for by our tax dollars when there are more legitimate workers out here who cannot have that stuff. I say take it away from those criminals and give it to the law abiding citizens who cannot afford it as a reward for staying legitimate. We need to get tougher on criminals like we were before the fifties. If they want skill training then they prove that they are worthy. An extreme few actually come out of prison and become useful members of society under the rehabilitate method as opposed to the hard time policy. Look at the 1800's more inmates came out and became prominent members of society. Lawyers (John Wesley Hardin), and even law enforcement (Wyatt Earp).
Making drugs legal and heavily taxing it will not come close to ending the black market on them. Look at alcohol, guns, cigarettes. Those are legal to purchase yet there is still a large black market supply and demand for them. Why do you ask? They exist to avoid the taxes. And do you honestly believe that people will stay for their rehab for addiction? I would and do not. Law enforcement cannot be organized to better protect anyone all the time. It is impossible. the only one who can protect you 24/7 is yourself. Noone else is capable. Police did not prevent my uncle from almost being killed. he almost died several times in the first 24 hours. The police were not able to prevent a good friend of mine from being mudered. The police did not prevent me from being assaulted, I did that myself. they only responded when they realized what was transpiring. If it had turned lethal it would have been too late. They were only two minutes drive from us.
The main point is that no matter how many laws you have, how many cops are on the streets, crime will exist. I do feel that we should try a more proactive approach to reaching out to the kids in the schools and try to keep them in it and out of the gangs. the job market in this country diminishing more and more rapidly, especially after NAFTA is only maiking things worse. The highest crime rates we had were during the depression. no jobs and no future. Also, many of those who worked in the alcohol trade during prohibition turned to illegal liquor manufacturing of booze. Irt was al they knew, and there was nothing else for them they had to feed their families. I honestly believe that prohibition helped , in a big way, to bring about The Great Depression. Many are trying, though they may not realize it, to bring about another one that will be worse than the last one by outlawing cigarettes, guns, and (to those it may offend sorry) porn.
May the gods grant you great brews,
Gerald
Making drugs legal and heavily taxing it will not come close to ending the black market on them. Look at alcohol, guns, cigarettes. Those are legal to purchase yet there is still a large black market supply and demand for them. Why do you ask? They exist to avoid the taxes. And do you honestly believe that people will stay for their rehab for addiction? I would and do not. Law enforcement cannot be organized to better protect anyone all the time. It is impossible. the only one who can protect you 24/7 is yourself. Noone else is capable. Police did not prevent my uncle from almost being killed. he almost died several times in the first 24 hours. The police were not able to prevent a good friend of mine from being mudered. The police did not prevent me from being assaulted, I did that myself. they only responded when they realized what was transpiring. If it had turned lethal it would have been too late. They were only two minutes drive from us.
The main point is that no matter how many laws you have, how many cops are on the streets, crime will exist. I do feel that we should try a more proactive approach to reaching out to the kids in the schools and try to keep them in it and out of the gangs. the job market in this country diminishing more and more rapidly, especially after NAFTA is only maiking things worse. The highest crime rates we had were during the depression. no jobs and no future. Also, many of those who worked in the alcohol trade during prohibition turned to illegal liquor manufacturing of booze. Irt was al they knew, and there was nothing else for them they had to feed their families. I honestly believe that prohibition helped , in a big way, to bring about The Great Depression. Many are trying, though they may not realize it, to bring about another one that will be worse than the last one by outlawing cigarettes, guns, and (to those it may offend sorry) porn.
May the gods grant you great brews,
Gerald
