
Originally Posted by
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...did not anticipate that we would begin catching and imprisoning so many crminals...less concerned with whether the poor, misunderstood criminal had access...anyone that they felt could not be trusted with one was either not released from prison or received the death penalty.
And I think that's the whole point about where our society has gone wrong. The Founders didn't think our government would ever micromanage lives the way it is done now. If you truly own yourself, why can't you poison yourself with drugs if you choose? Who cares if you engage in a lifestyle that exposes you to STDs, it's your problem? Truly violent criminals should be locked away or suffer the ultimate penalty. Not so much to punish or deter, but to make society safer from such people.
If someone has served their sentence, they should be accepted back into society as a full member. A 'life sentence' of losing civil rights-forced to register for a list-etc is insane. If they need to be on a list and supervised, they should not be in public. We do not live in a sane society...
People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.--River Tam