http://you-are.us/2005/11/09/san-francisco-joins-chicago-dc-in-revoking-the-third-amendment/ we are you Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:49:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://you-are.us/2005/11/09/san-francisco-joins-chicago-dc-in-revoking-the-third-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-14 derek Thu, 10 Nov 2005 05:11:56 +0000 http://you-are.us/?p=31#comment-14 I don't think many violent gun offenders have much awareness of the specific mandatory minimum sentence for their crime. Perhaps if they taught a class in high school on law, crime & punishment, then people might have some knowledge of those sentences. But generally I don't think the specific length of their possible jail sentence is even in the offender's consciousness, much less serving as any real deterrent for their violence. "Getting caught" is their deterent. I'm for selecting good judges and letting them do their job, not tying their hands and thereby impeding justice in order to look tough on crime. Mandatory minimums provide the temporary illusion that you're actually solving problems. I don’t think many violent gun offenders have much awareness of the specific mandatory minimum sentence for their crime. Perhaps if they taught a class in high school on law, crime & punishment, then people might have some knowledge of those sentences. But generally I don’t think the specific length of their possible jail sentence is even in the offender’s consciousness, much less serving as any real deterrent for their violence. “Getting caught” is their deterent. I’m for selecting good judges and letting them do their job, not tying their hands and thereby impeding justice in order to look tough on crime. Mandatory minimums provide the temporary illusion that you’re actually solving problems.

]]> http://you-are.us/2005/11/09/san-francisco-joins-chicago-dc-in-revoking-the-third-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Right Democrat Thu, 10 Nov 2005 04:10:19 +0000 http://you-are.us/?p=31#comment-13 I think that San Francisco voters have gone insane. Gun control does not reduce crime. Mandatory sentences for gun crimes will lower crime rates. I think that San Francisco voters have gone insane. Gun control does not reduce crime. Mandatory sentences for gun crimes will lower crime rates.

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