Capitol Punishment is wrong. If people quit depending on a police-state 'savior' mentality and get it through their thick heads that self-defense is NOT immoral and is a viable way of life to stand up for oneself through the Great Equalizer (guns), the problem will go away. Prisons won't be overcrowded.
Cowards want someone else to do their dirty work, but the problem with that is a potential Police State. I am fine with an ORDINATE AMOUNT OF POLICING BY WELL-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, but loving our enemies and self-defense are not mutually exclusive. Millions of 'criminals' were murdered by the communist empires. If those murdered peoples were well-armed, the communists would never have achieved power. While I am quite happy to honor the police for standing between me and the criminal and honor their heroic nature accordingly, I will not wait for them to arrive when my life is in imminent danger.
People undergoing rigorous treatment and showing sustained compliance and social skills BEFORE release might be useful. Most of us want to see the potential in humanity come to fruition, as 'hope runs eternal' in the human breast, but standing between the evil and the innocent is where having a spine (and a gun) might help.
Again, making guns or cops our saviors over and beyond faith is a mistake; having a gun without God is pretty creepy. God First, then America First, then my God Loving right to life and liberty is more incumbent upon me than your right to life and liberty. Protect yourself FIRST (through prayer and THEN physical means). If you need help because you're outnumbered by criminals, call your Tribe to help.
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I have cops for friends, so if you heard an anti-cop argument here, it's all in your head.