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Comment by mikkupikku

1 day ago

We used to until quite recently. Anybody could buy dynamite at the hardware store. We had to end this because of criminals using it to hurt people.

Except this time the criminals are police.

  • They are far more often than anyone wants to admit. That's how we got 25% of the world's prison population.

    • AFAIK the actual cause for our high incarceration rate is that we have longer sentences. The conviction rate, for example, as compared to the UK is similar.