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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of things should be decriminalized.

Gun violence should be hyper-criminalized. Mandatory minimums when convicted of a gun crime. No bail for people who commit crimes using guns. [/quote]

Agreed. Not a big fan of carjacking either even though usually no one gets hurt. Maryland suburbs need stricter sentencing as well.[/quote]

[b]If your goal is to deter criminals, we know longer sentences don't work. [/b] The type of person who kills a kid doesn't think - Oh my, I will get a life sentence if I pull this trigger - before they commit a crime.  You get one off the street but continue to breed others.  I really want to understand the gaps and failures in our system.[/quote]

Well, no.

Criminology research has shown that that swift and certain punishments work better as a deterrent than infrequent, highly punitive ones.

http://nnscommunities.org/our-work/strategy/swift-certain-fair

I would argue that people who commit gun crimes today in DC are infrequently punished, and if they are punished it's for short periods of time. Would people think twice about using a gun illegally if they knew the certainty of punishment (like, say, they knew they would be sent away for a period of time without possibility of parole)? I think it's something that should be considered. Right now, there's zero deterrent for using a gun illegally because the people who do so know there's a solid chance they will be back on the street quickly, without any meaningful punishment, so crime is a chance worth taking.

The man who is accused of killing that 6-year-old girl was free despite facing multiple gun charges. Why was he walking the street? [/quote]

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