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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (142312)	2/4/2002 11:20:56 AM
From: d[-_-]b	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578198

tgptndr, tack twenty years on to anyone that uses a gun in a crime, give them an automatic death sentence for all I care.

To: TGPTNDR who wrote (142312)	2/4/2002 11:40:27 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578198

Tim, Re: <If violent crime keeps going up in the UK then arming at least the police will probably become necessary.> I disagree. Why? Commission of a serious/potentially violent crime while armed should be prosecuted and punished as seriously as attempted murder. I agree that armed crimes should be punished more severely, but I don't think it should have the same punishment as attempted murder. One consideration is that armed criminals would be more likely to just kill the victem if they are going to face a punishment that is so close to what the penalty for murder is, and if killing the victem would mean that no one could indetify them. Tim