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4RunnerPilot t1_jec4njb wrote

Reply to comment by expartecthulu in Helping to create a safer community by Space_Cowboy_Dancer

Just because they were arrested doesn’t mean they were prosecuted or charged. Most likely they were let go and the gun confiscated. Citizens need to pressure the USAO and judges to put criminals in prisons. It’s a small number of continuous repeat offenders that commit crime and they will do so until they kill and only then the judges will hand out sentences out of public pressure.

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mastakebob t1_jee726p wrote

You're not wrong. But people should still report criminal activity to the police. It creates data that can be used to support systemic change. It may prevent a crime from occurring (even if it only delays it).

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