Did the death penalty deter the SC shooter?

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31. You are not allowed to drink and drive even if you've never hurt anyone before

There are laws in place that create reasonable restrictions on what can and cannot be seen as acceptable alcohol consumption.

And what exactly disqualifies someone? Wandering around a shopping center terrifying people with an assault weapon, but not actually using it? Taking it on a plane? To church? A movie theater? Leaving it lie around the house unsecured with children about? Threatening people? Etc.?

The lines we set are arbitrary, but they are ALWAYS set somewhere and they were set based on previous incidents that have occurred. It simply comes down to the fact that there is no purpose for a civilian to be walking around with assault weapons. There is no reason for anyone to be walking around town with military weapons of any kind. There is simply NO reason for these weapons to be in people's hands. They're designed to kill. Nothing less. Nothing more. That is their clear purpose. More often than not the people in this country that claim they need guns to protect themselves are racists looking to protect themselves against Black people and "Mexicans" who might rob them, but again statistics show they won't. You're more likely to be in a car accident then you are to have your house broken into. Should we ban cars? It's clear they are the cause of a lot of death. Why not?