So we penalize legal gun owners because some low lives steal their guns and commit crimes with them? If that's the case, let's penalize motor vehicle owners as well because a bank robber can steal their car and use it as a get-away vehicle as well. Liberal logic, I tell ya.....Quote from toc:
Where do these illegal guns come from? do they make them at home? or they come from Mexico?
Most of these guns are stolen from legal owners. Why is that legal owner is all peaceful with a cache of guns but guy on street is full of energy to use them to commit crime?
I think it is the culture of upbringing and 'easy money' logic. Why run newspaper route or serve a McDonalds for two years to get your first car when 2 minute crime can get you one easy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States
visit this link and see the graph. from 1980 onwards, the prison population just took off like a jet plane and is still at the takeoff trajectory. What happened in 1980 and which did not change up till now? One guy told me that Reagan loosened the gun ownership laws, I did not do any research so can't back that claim.
An average prisoner in jail costs taxpayer $25K atleast a year. At 2M inmates that is $50B and this figure is on the low side. Average might be well around $40K per inmate a year.
In many states, private enterprise has taken hold of prison system and encourage more inmates to make more money. In many other states, budgets are in negative because of the prison expenses.