Reply #13: A few observations... [View All]

[JayS]

The criminal justice system there appears to work quite differently from ours. Our sentencing model rests more on the "time served" type of punishment and not on the "continuing danger to society" type. I'm not sure just yet how true this comparison is. I know our reasons for jailing someone are supposed to rest on the following justifications: retaliation, retribution, resocialization, rehabilitation, revenge. Anything dealing with reforming criminals has taken a backseat these last few decades.

Canada appears to act "swiftly and surely" in dealing with prohibition issues and the violence they create. Maybe this could be called a Nip It In The Bud approach, to borrow a legal term from The Andy Griffith Show. :)

Canada appears concerned with all homicides equally and not on the methods used to carry them out. Your total homicide rate is also so low that just a few square miles of the Houston MSA would easily outpace Canada in total homicides. As I am not a drinker and have no friends that turn into violent drunks after too many beers, the chances that I would be attacked in your country is too small to give much consideration to.

I'm not sure what kind of War On Drugs y'all have there, but it does not appear to be flourishing so I'll assume y'all don't have a war, perhaps just a skirmish.

Your homicide by gun rate is so low that I can't see why y'all even bothered trying a gun registry. That is an awful lot of money to spend on such a small problem, not that it is not a serious one.