I am from the UK and here the death penalty was outlawed around 30-40 years ago, private ownership of firearms (with the exception of those intended for agricultural purposes) was also banned around 15 years ago. To be honest neither of these measures has had any impact upon crime rates... murder rates did not soar with the abolition of the dp, neither did guncrime drop when firearms were banned (it is in fact at an all time high). The fundamental issue is that there are people in this
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