| famousringo said:
Capital punishment isn't going to make me safer, so what good is it to me? 3. Capital crime perpetuates a cultural myth that problems can best be solved by finding the right person and killing him. I used to think this Wild West kind of mythology was why murder rates were so much higher in the US than other heavily armed developed countries like Canada and Switzerland. After recently seeing some data on how closely gun ownership correlates with gun deaths, I'm not so sure anymore, but I think it's worth keeping in mind. It's not such a leap of imagination that if the state thinks the worst members of society should be killed, individual (well-armed) citizens might be justified in using lethal force to be rid of people they think are most horrible. Perpetuating a culture of where death is an acceptable solution to problems makes me less safe, especially if somebody were to decide that I'm a problem. So there you have it. Capital punishment does nothing to enhance my personal safety. In fact, it puts it further in jeopardy by giving the state more circumstances to kill me and validating killing as a solution to problems. Furthermore, it consumes resources which would be better spent elsewhere for no measurable gains in security.
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Never even thought of these points
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