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Prison murders highlight gun control futility
April 23, 2008 | Tagged Dahmer, futility of gun control, prison murders, Second Amendment |
The Rocky Mountain News just printed a story about another prison murder. It seems convicted burglar David Bueno stabbed kidnap-murderer Jeffrey Heird 29 times and savagely beat him for “being a snitch.”
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/apr/22/inmate-gets-life-in-prison-slaying/…
We all know that prisons are supposed to be weapon-free zones. Crimes are not supposed to happen in prison. The prison environment is theoretically the most controlled and safe living arrangement that society can create. I often think the hard left would like us all to live in prisons watched over by guards of their choosing.
Prisons have metal detectors and incoming items are scanned and searched for contraband. Why then do murders occur when guards can ransack cells and frisk prisoners without warrant or warning?
The answer, of course, is that prisons house criminals, and that criminals commit crimes without society’s permission. Almost anything can be used as a weapon, including ink pens, cars, bar stools and bathtubs. (Imagine what would happen if you tried to get on a commercial airplane flight with a long pair of scissors. No, don’t even think about that!)
Depending on who you ask, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was killed in 1994 by another inmate using a broom, or an exercise bar, and a bathroom wall.
Jeffry Dahmer Homepage, http://www.mayhem.net/Crime/death.html
http://www.findadeath.com/Deceased/d/Jeffrey%20Dahmer/jeffrey_dahmer.htm
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E4DB1330F93AA15752C1A962958…
The facility in question has reportedly banned exercise bars. But what about the deadly broom and the killer bathroom wall?
The obvious lesson of prison murders is that people, not objects commit crimes. Trying to control the means of violence does not address the basic issues of criminal behavior. I believe money and effort spent on gun control would be better used for parenting skills instruction, youth-oriented mental health programs, and life skills training. Long term incarceration of career criminals is valuable, because it segregates sociopaths from the rest of society. At least, in prison, the victims of criminals are generally other criminals.
Depriving honest citizens of their best defense against crime and tyranny in order to prevent criminal violence only disarms potential victims. Career felons don’t need more incentive to commit crimes.
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