Thread: Kiwis support stricter controls on gun owners

i fully agree with gundoc even though i was raised playing video games and violent movies.
i have had to do electronic service work in prisons, cyf's homes and psychiatric care facilities and all i can say is if you saw where your tax dollars were going you would cry, you would also be incredibly pissed off to see how lenient soft and caring these places are. case in point, cyf home in south of christchurch for really bad little buggers had one escape one night, do some tagging and got caught trying to steal a car. he got dragged back to the home and from what i overheard he wasnt allowed to use the playstation for 2 weeks ( still had tv, pool table etc) . what a deterrent to not try it again.
ive seen a similar cyfs house where 2 inmates were deemed unsafe to be around others so were in a 4 bedroom house on their own with 2 staff on duty at all times !
been to a few prisons and whereas some are a bit run down the ones for "low risk" offenders have had accommodation that was pretty damn good. central heating, tv room , pool table etc. they even had movie night that was played from the guard house and distributed thru the aerial system to each cell. after all its far more comfortable to lay down on your bed wand watch tv. i have to admit that while working at these prison blocks i was offered a free lunch from the prison kitchen and it wasnt too bad.
since the police catch less than 20% of burglaries and the judge sentences them to menial sentences in comfortable surroundings its hardly a deterrent.