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Originally Posted by Janszoon
"Capital" means they are punishable by death. What I'm saying is that most gun crimes (i.e. possession of an illegal firearm, robbing someone at gunpoint, etc.), even in states with the death penalty, are not punishable by execution. That's why I don't really see the connection to whether or not the state has the death penalty, which is generally reserved for murder, gun or no gun.
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What I'm referring to is this question.
If a person murders somebody with a firearm, are the statistics for this type of crime higher, lower or more or less the same in a state that has the death penalty? I'm just trying to fathom if capital punishment is any type of deterrent here. I know murder is murder gun or no gun, but as we're talking gun crime here, I'm just restricting it to guns.