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Originally Posted by BusterBunny
so he should be allowed to rob banks until someone finally gets in his way and he kills them to escape?..if you dont consider someone that will walk into a bank with an gun and rob it a dangerous criminal, what is?
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It IS a matter of degree. Lack of understanding degree leads to idiotic situations whereby, since, for instance, the punishment for rape is pretty much the same as for murder, it's nonsense for a rapist to not kill his victim.
Dangerous criminal ? Yes. Shooting ourselves in the foot ? Gladly.
And there's one little bit in there about, you know, a crime being a fact not a possibility. You might kill me tomorrow for all I know, but that alone constitutes no grounds for your incarceration. At least in my view.