It depends on which laws. If "increasing enforcement" means vigorously prosecuting habitual violent criminals I'm all for it. Keeping such criminals off the streets will seriously lower violent crime rates. Much of the efforts of the BATFE are directed at generating "scratches"- statistics that look good on paper but do little to deter violent crime.
Greg -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 8:13 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: Andrew Strasfogel Subject: Re: [MBZ] the thug in chief Actually, part of the initiative is to increase enforcement of existing laws and rules. This was an NRA talking point. Anyone have a problem with that? On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I seem to remember an article decades ago, which cited research which > showed that there were minor occasional criminals, one time criminals, and > supercriminals who worked at with the diligence of a CEO. > > I don't remember the numbers, but it seems like 85% of the serious crime > was done by 15% or less of the criminals. The habitual offender laws > like Michigan's "three strikes" statute are aimed at getting these guys > off the street, but we keep reading about ongoing criminal behavior of > guys with 20 page criminal records. > > Mitch. > > > Rich Thomas via Mercedes wrote: > >> I read the papers around here about the daily/weekly shootings, and a lot >> of the perps and vics have multiple prior arrests, many related to guns and >> robberies and shootings, yet they are still walking the streets and >> carrying and using (illegal) weapons after multiple catch and release on >> low/no bonds, mostly because there isn't enough prison space and the #blm >> folks get all upset when one of them is put away (as opposed to "put down" >> unless it is white on black -- black on black barely gets a notice). >> Mostly dope/gang related, somebody dissed somebody else... >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
