Subj : Gun Control reasons
To   : Angus McLeod
From : The Lizard Master
Date : Tue Sep 06 2005 03:36 pm

  Re: Gun Control reasons
  By: Angus McLeod to The Lizard Master on Sat Sep 03 2005 09:55 pm

 >  > People still kill in Texas.
 > 
 > 1)  Not people who, previously convicted for murder, have already been
 >     executed.
 > 
 > 2)  It (death penalty) is supposed to function as a *deterrence* to other
 >     would-be murderers.  There may indeed still be murders in Texas, but
 >     how many *more* murders would there be if there were no death penalty?

I agree with the first one.  And if we were flawless in our convictions (Texas
aside this argument), then that would just be great.

There is no proof for the second one.  And I think that would still be so if
they fried someone everyday.

---TLM

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