Dear
JimBowie1958
if anyone abuses a gun, if any criminals or mentally ill people get possession of guns,
if anyone suffers from a crime, abuse, trauma or other damage from abuse of a gun,
YES, we as a society have a problem with guns getting abused.
I offered the proposal to
a. Require that all citizens, especially those who want to be authorized to use arms
to enforce and defend laws, go through Constitutional education and training on all
the same standards and procedures expected of police and military.
People like me who prefer conflict resolution and not to be involved in armed defense,
should have access to equal legal resources to resolve any conflict, grievance, complaint to
protect their interests (from bullying abuse, fraud, criminal or civil violation, discrimination, etc.)
People who want to use arms lawfully should also have the option, or each district can decide
on requirements, for full training and screening similar to police and military procedures.
A major benefit is that citizens will become better prepared to hold govt officials and agencies to the same standards by being educated in them and by enforcing the same standards.
b. set up a system for revoking citizenship as an alternative to the death penalty:
ie for citizens to invoke legal rights, freedoms, protections and privileges,
by signing agreements to uphold the laws, and to accept legal
and financial responsibility for any convictions of premeditated crimes, especially
agreeing to restitution for any premeditated crimes abusing firearms.
For cases where govt revokes citizenship, I would propose setting up prison exchange and
worker programs along the border. So for every person who loses citizenship for a certain sentence or for life, that person would trade places with an immigrant on the waiting list applying for citizenship.
Then the labor in factories can be done by traffickers, gang leaders and drug lords
as restitution for victims of sweatshop slavery who are then free to go to school
paid for by wrongdoers performing the labor to pay back all the costs to victims and society.
In exchange for investing labor and resources in building sustainable programs, the workers would
earn shares in the land, property and programs. If people owe more restitution than they can work off, then they will end up volunteering their time and labor, just like their victims who were forced into that.
Currently any restitution and money from prison programs goes into the govt.
Police and law enforcement seize the property and money from drug busts and trafficking rings.
But RICO laws allow for citizens and communities to reclaim such property as restitution.
So by using these laws to pay back the actual victims and communities suffering from
organized crime, the cycle of poverty and abuse can be broken. Instead of politicians exploiting these issues for points, campaign dollars and votes; and prison contractors profiting off crime and seizures going on. The cost of crime should be paid back to victims, taxpayers and society. NOT politicians and govt running these failed systems on taxpayer dollars, while wrongdoers are never held to pay it back.
