Bush/Kerry both weak as victims always suffer

[BushTheImperalist]

Establishment politicians can't stop crime because they haven't asked the tough questions: "What crime prevention measures actually work?"

For victim compensation to discourage criminals, they need to know that they probably will be caught. The first lines of defense are the victims themselves. Criminals go out of their way to avoid preying on those who might be armed; consequently, crime plummets 30-50% when states enact laws making it easy for responsible citizens to carry a concealed weapon

Won't all these guns make our society more dangerous? Just the opposite! In 1999, 824 people died from firearm accidents, while the defensive use of guns saved approximately 400,000 lives, in most cases without even wounding the aggressor. Gun bans disarm victims, putting them at the mercy of murderers (or terrorists) who think nothing of breaking the gun laws.

If you can't quite grasp the concept of guns saving lives, consider how criminals would react to a sign on your lawn saying, "This home is a gun-free zone." Recall that, in "right-to-carry" states, the primary targets of gun-toting crazies were schools posted as "gun-free." Such signs advertise that our children are defenseless prey for the wolves among us

Criminals are further discouraged when our tax-supported police forces are converted to private ones. For-profit police forces have great incentive to prevent crime, since apprehending criminals is costly and cuts into profits. Consequently, when Oro Valley, Arizona, brought in private police from Rural/Metro, their burglary rate dropped 95%!

restitution is the most effective rehabilitation known. Further crime is discouraged when young perpetrators must compensate their victims. If offenders had to pay the cost of their apprehension and trial as well, this justice system might even become self-supporting.

Criminals without the work skills to compensate victims could receive training and its cost could be recovered from the perpetrator's increased earnings. Imprisonment, which costs taxpayers about $25,000 per inmate per year, would be reserved only for unreformed violent criminals or offenders who refused to compensate their victims. Most criminals will likely choose to right their wrongs rather than lose their freedom.

Bush/Kerry are both weak on this issue. The loons on the left think that if we had a gun free country then the country would be safer. but when you ban it are you going to ask everyman to hand in their gun? Kerry is frightened of the NRA and rightly so. Kerry is trying to violate the second amendment as his parties supporters firmly back the gun ban to my knowledge. Bush like other Republicans doesnt actually think about the issue. He just says ok then. when a policeman spends more time putting a pot smoker in jail rather than monitoring our houses from thieves.

Crime will never be decreased to the levels we wat them to be unless we privatize the police service.