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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They sometimes drag the victim with the car, pin them do they die or kidnap kids left in the car. Do we have to spell it out? Omg the carjacking and ATV apologists will be the downfall of the Democrats. I used to consider myself proudly liberal no more. I’m more in the center.[/quote]

You're not making the case for why carjacking needs to be an offense distinct from armed robbery. Kidnapping is already a crime, if it occurs in the course of a carjacking it can be charged separately. Sometimes armed robberies go horribly wrong and innocent people get killed. This is why offenses have sentencing ranges, so that a judge can look at the facts of the case and set the sentence appropriately.

The proposal isn't to say carjacking is no longer illegal, go crazy. It's to say it's no longer a criminal offense distinct from armed robbery. There's no reason to believe that sentences for carjackers would even go down, they'd just be charged under a different section of the criminal code. [/quote]

because carjacking is a different and more dangerous and emotionally harmful crime dumb*ss. everyone sees this except you. [/quote]

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