Like with most of the Democrats' new laws, my suggestion wouldn't help a case like this where a person with no criminal record goes berserk and intends to die, but if we're talking about people getting shot and shot to death in general, I'd suggest laws, and they'd have to be state laws, (or a Constitutional Amendment that may have to clarify the 8th) that anyone convicted of using a firearm in the commission of a crime is sentenced to life in prison without parole, yes even for the first offense. That would mean someone like George Floyd wouldn't have gotten out of prison after only five years when convicted of being in a home invasion crew who pointed a gun at a pregnant woman's womb. Maybe he'd still be alive. But at least that would show that Democrats are serious about preventing the crimes that gun rights people feel the government won't stop from happening to them so they need to defend themselves. Before Republicans can take Democrats seriously regarding gun control, we need much more effective criminal control.
Of course, that would just be a starting point. Self defense against criminals is only one purpose for the 2nd Amendment, and not the primary one. But it would be a start. And again, it wouldn't have prevented this attack, but it would save a lot of other people from getting shot to death by repeat offenders who are caught and released over and over again in the revolving door of our so called criminal justice system. But anyway, that's my suggestion.
Tougher justice. If we're looking for some deterrents, I'm also up for Singapore style caning for the ones who don't die in their shootout with the police, like the punk in Buffalo. Life in prison with no parole and at certain intervals a humiliating public caning. If that's too harsh, then maybe just a firm whiffle paddling from the prison warden no harsher than little kids used to get in elementary school for sticking gum under the desk if the left is too squeamish for the Singapore cane. The point is, whatever deterrent effect our prison system is supposed to be having, it's obviously not enough. Hard labor should be back on the table too.
The main point is the left always wants to punish the innocent by making them helpless against criminals instead of protecting the innocent by keeping those proven violent criminals off the streets and seriously deterring the wannabes. And nothing against rehabilitation. Go ahead and rehabilitate them. Then after they are deemed no longer a threat to the public and it's safe to release them, keep them in prison for the rest of their lives anyway. And have them work hard so it's not just a total drain on the taxpayers.
