I'm all for the death penalty - if someone walks around shooting people in the same fashion as the Dunblain Massacre, ok he killed himself, but if they survive it they should be executed. End of. None of this pussyfooting, nor keep them in jail for 10 years before execution, just do it on the spot.
Anyone who kills a criminal in the act should be given a reward, the whole Tony Martin thing was a joke - he should be a hero.
And Perris - gun crime is massive there, I myself am a gun nut, but even I can see when it gets too far gone for the countries good. I grew up in South Africa where no self respecting adult didn't carry a gun, but it soon fell to the black market who supplied everyone regardless with weapons, and has now ended in a massive death toll through firearms offenses.
I'm not against or for gun control...this is a gray issue with too many good points on both sides.
the obvious solution is a mixture of the two, which will always be a work in progress
as far as your point of the death penalty, it creates more crimes like you're talking about not less, and it cost more to prosecute a capital crime then keeping the criminal behind bars for life
the death penalty is loose loose...society looses, our safety looses, economics loose.
the only good of it is retrubution...I agree retribution is a good enough reason for it...however weighed against the harm it does to us, our safety, our economics
as far as your point of the death penalty, it doesn't prevent crimes like you're talking about, and it cost more to prosecute a capital crime then keeping the criminal behind bars for life
the death penalty is loose loose...society looses, our safety looses, economics loose.
the only good of it is retrubution...I agree retribution is a good enough reason for it...however weighed against the harm it does to us, our safety, our economics, it isn't reason enough