Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress.
What to do about these increases in crime? Plenty of laws already exist to punish violent criminals, and research questions the level of correlation between longer sentences and lower crime rates.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring prisoners to serve more time.
The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual crime.
A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then I believe you can reduce the crime rate.
I think it's common sense to say that the longer away from a crime it gets prosecuted, the less deterrent effect there is.
Our laws are too lax, our justice system too weak - particularly when it comes to violent, dangerous offenders.
Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens.
All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.