Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime.

Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime.

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment

The laws that forbid the carrying of arms... serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.

For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major premise must be the general law; the minor, the action that conforms or does not conform to the law; and the conclusion, acquittal or punishment. If the judge were constrained, or if he desired to frame even a single additional syllogism, the door would thereby be opened to uncertainty.

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

The fault no child ever loses is the one he was most punished for.