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A break in vs home invasion is completely different. Home invasions will usually involve something violent occurring, as well as some theft. They should be treated totally different.
Stealing a car vs carjacked, I don't find much of a difference. I do suppose being carjacked is worse, but still. I don't even know what we could do to get people to stop doing this crap (and above). I'm all for a reasonable solution that works, but it really doesn't seem like it.
To me the guy getting robbed at the 7-Eleven with a threat of a gun, like a guy pointing his finger in a coat pocket pretending to be a gun, is less severe than breaking into someone's home. The 7-Eleven guy is insured and all he loses is some cash which is soon replaced. Someone comes into your home and you don't only lose valuable property but sentimental property that can NEVER be replaced, you lose your piece of mind, you stand to have identity theft problems, and the person could poson your food if they wanted and who would know? To me the home is a sanctuary and for that to be violated by people smashing windows or doors to get into is a SERIOUS crime!. If I owned a 7-Eleven I rarther be robbed in person there , as long as it was non-violent, than come home to find someone has been in my home and gone through my most personal belongings.
Because if we put people in jail for things like that, we wouldn't have room for all the drug users and minor pushers incarcerated for the Drug War. Also, with police busy handing out speeding tickets and doing private traffic control to maximize their pensions, they don't have time to investigate car theft or home burglaries, and don't want to be bothered.
I should know, I've had a car stolen, and my house broken into. Both times the police couldn't be bothered to investigate, though they did warn me not to hassle the juvenile delinquent who broke into my home when I brought his name (along with the other neighborhood kid who squealed on him) to the police station.
If it wasn't for the drug war, there would be fewer property crimes committed in the first place. Drug prohibition causes addicts to commit property crimes. This is the reason why there is less variance in property crime levels throughout the US than violent crime levels, and why it's possible to have places with very low violent crime but very high levels of property crime (particularly auto-related property crime), because drug addicts are everywhere.
Deterrent? What deterrent does a stiffer jail sentence have? I'll tell you: ZIP, ZERO, ZILCH, NOTTA. Increasing the penalty does nothing for criminals. THEY DON'T CARE. You are thinking like a "normal" person. Criminals aren't normal and don't think like you and me. You would think the death penalty is a deterrent, however, it is not. Many persons put on death row, who have gotten out, end up right back on death row.
Correct. The only deterrent is a high probability that one will get caught.
Why is it that if someone robs a 7-Eleven
they are going to get serious jail time but steal someone's car or break into someone's home and it's usually not serious jail time.
Shouldn't there be a huge penalty for these crimes? What can someone do to push lawmakers to come up with stiffer penalties to deter these crimes
Because, in the socialist collective mindset, your stuff is my stuff and my stuff is your stuff.
To me the guy getting robbed at the 7-Eleven with a threat of a gun, like a guy pointing his finger in a coat pocket pretending to be a gun, is less severe than breaking into someone's home. The 7-Eleven guy is insured and all he loses is some cash which is soon replaced. Someone comes into your home and you don't only lose valuable property but sentimental property that can NEVER be replaced, you lose your piece of mind, you stand to have identity theft problems, and the person could poson your food if they wanted and who would know? To me the home is a sanctuary and for that to be violated by people smashing windows or doors to get into is a SERIOUS crime!. If I owned a 7-Eleven I rarther be robbed in person there , as long as it was non-violent, than come home to find someone has been in my home and gone through my most personal belongings.
You have the right to your opinion but in just about every jurisdication in this country armed robery gets longer prision sentences than burglary.
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