sorry. But I giggled at your line of thinking. We can't pre-cop. Also if people are gonna kill someone then it's already in their nature and mind to do it. We need to stop pre-policing our society and just actualy stick it hard to violent offenders. Shoot them, or put them in jail forever. Whatever. But we must wait till they actualy commit crimes. Bad **** happens. It's inevitable. jello have all of us freedom of choice for a reason.While I'm in agreement that free people should be able to carry, and if someone should not carry, s/he should not be free in society, I have a concern about having a gun store across the street from the prison, figuratively speaking.
The "easy solution" is "well, if Joe Wifebeater has been stewing about 'what that b***h did to get me locked up' for the year that he's been there", then don't let Joe out. Given that the law prescribes a given penalty for a given crime, with a maximum sentence, I'm not sure how that would happen. Further, if the law was changed to allow the COs/warden (who profit by keeping prisoners in) to extend or even to testify to extend Joe's sentence, we breed corruption. Plus, if Joe is incarcerated and has been stewing because he was falsely convicted (say, wife and her lover conspired, lover put some marks on her that she said Joe did,) suddenly, we're talking about incarcerating a falsely accused man for the rest of his life, because I'm pretty sure in that situation, he's not going to suddenly be OK with what happened and just accept it.
Obviously, this is not a common situation I've described, and could easily be called a straw man. I'm not saying it's common. I'm saying it's a situation that requires thought and awareness, because it or another like it has potential to be exploited, and God forbid any of us are ever put in that or a similar situation (wrongly accused and convicted) we should not lose our freedom for any longer than necessary.
I also would consider the idea that a person be "made whole" after a probationary period allowing for his reintegration into free society, for our protection as well as for his own and his sanity as well; going from almost no freedoms to almost no restrictions on his behavior would be a bit of a culture shock. (Think of Brooks, from Shawshank Redemption.)
Again, I support making a man whole once he is free. I think how that happens requires some diligent consideration.
Blessings,
Bill