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jlf1961 -> RE: How many of you are: (3/20/2013 9:15:33 AM)
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ORIGINAL: absolutchocolat
My choice wasn't here either. My stance on the death penalty is iffy. I don't believe in footing the bill so criminals can perfect their craft over a period of many years. (That's what you get when like minds come together...a more efficient and intelligent class of criminals; see the show "Lockup".) However, given the holes in our criminal justice system, I cannot in good conscience advocate death as a sentence. So many are wrongfully accused and convicted, especially in the age of internet misinformation and inaccurate reporting.
I'm pro-choice, but I would never have an abortion myself. Pro-gun, but I'm all for background and mental health checks, and limits on ammo and automatic weapons.
Automatic weapons are dealt with under the NFA, or National Firearms Act, which states you cannot buy an automatic weapon produced after 1984.
I believe you are referring to semi automatic weapons, which covers a hell of a lot of weapons.
Under the ban proposed by Senator Feinstein, the AR15 would be banned, but not the Ruger Mini 14, the only difference between the two weapons, there is no pistol grip on the Mini 14, and no bayonet lug, and it usually has a wooden stock and butt and a slightly longer barrel.
Now, should I desire, I can purchase the parts for an AR15 rifle that does not include a pistol grip, has a longer barrel, and no bayonet lug, and build a perfectly good weapon with a relatively high rate of fire.
As far as capital punishment goes, I am for it, when there are iron clad evidence proving the guilt of an individual. Iron clad as in, caught in the act of fleeing the crime scene in the victims car by police, video evidence, DNA evidence, more than one eyewitness, finger prints at the scene, victims DNA or blood on the perps clothes, shoes, in his or her vehicle etc.
And I agree with the statement that if someone is sentenced to life in prison, it would be cheaper to execute the individual.
Now as for those bleeding hearts that claim that prison "reforms" criminals, that is bullshit. Sex offenders tend to re offend, with a little change, if they didnt kill their victims the first time, they tend to the second, third, fourth etc. Same with child molesters. So someone want to explain why the sex offender registry is such a great idea? People end up on that list for hiring a prostitute, pissing in public and equally stupid reasons.
That registry did not protect two girls in California from being killed by an individual who molested a child, got eight years, was out in four, and raped and killed two girls.
Now you have two minors, albeit star football players who were convicted of rape, they are getting time in a juvenile facility, one got one year, the other got two, although they can be kept incarcerated until they are 21, then they go on the sex offender registry...
Personally I think that animals of this nature should be put down, along with any other sexual predator, not including the guy who pisses behind a tree in a fucking park or on the side of the road or the guy that hires a hooker.
Now the victim of that crime is going to be dealing with it for the rest of her life.
Where the fuck is the justice for her?
I have seen people complain about the CNN Dumb Cunt Reporter Poppy Harlow going on about how the conviction ruined the lives of the two boys, but I have yet to see anyone complain about the fucking light goddamn sentence they got.
As far as abortion, I am against it, with exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother is threatened. Two many women are using abortion as a form of birth control. There are alternatives, such as adoption. There are many women unable to conceive or carry a baby to term that want to adopt.
However, the law of the land is Roe v. Wade. Which makes abortion legal. Banning abortions would not stop abortions.
As far as gun bans according to type, or the argument that the 2nd amendment only works for flintlock muskets, that logic does not work when the same people say that the constitution allows for the privacy of emails, text messages, phone calls and any other forms of communication that did not exist when the constitution and amendments were written. The Constitution cannot be a living evolving document in every aspect of modern life with the exception of certain types of guns.
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