Fine, and I can recognize that. But on the other hand, from the criminal's perspective, all of a sudden it opens up that door to “maybe...”, “what if...?”, “where can I go with the legal argument on this?” It does not make it clearly defined, so it possibly does not serve as a deterrent under that form.
I can tell you, as a former police officer, many times on many occasions I have dealt with many people like this. To suggest that they are not aware of the law; to suggest that criminals don't care what kind of penalty they get...I don't buy that. I don't buy it for one moment.
There are many occasions when criminals would be very cautious as to what they do and how they will do it for fear of embracing—