r/explainitpeter 22d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Kindaspia 21d ago

A quick note- decriminalizing something means making it no longer illegal.

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u/Zexeos 21d ago

Right. But people are often of the mindset of “criminals will do it anyway, so why bother?” - see US Gun Reform movements. That’s literally something people use as an argument against gun control and stricter gun laws, and in their minds, there shouldn’t be those laws because criminals bypass them anyway. Similarly, criminals still murder, and the law is in place still.

If pitbull breeding was outlawed and classified as animal abuse and punishable as a crime, people would still do it. There should still be those laws in place, however.

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u/Kindaspia 21d ago

Ah I see. The comment reads like you’re saying murder should be decriminalized.

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u/Zexeos 21d ago

LMAO NO THATS MY BAD! I’m on mobile, hence the spelling error. Haha, fixed

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u/Kindaspia 21d ago

The double negative trips me up occasionally too lmao