He was best known for his goals to reform the Criminal Justice System, as well as promoting simpler laws. One of his most memorable quotes were, “ Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime”. Meaning, that he wanted to reform the justice system to focus more on preventing crime, rather than punishing it and wanted to create simpler laws to help enforce that. By encouraging the simpler laws, it was easier to decided whether or not a crime was committed or how severe the punishment should be. This idea of simpler laws and a reformed justice system contributed to today’s political system by the helping the creation of the second Amendment- the right to bear arms. This helped to achieve that by slowly, yet surely promoting less complicated
He was best known for his goals to reform the Criminal Justice System, as well as promoting simpler laws. One of his most memorable quotes were, “ Laws against the possession of weapons only disarm those who have no intention of committing a crime”. Meaning, that he wanted to reform the justice system to focus more on preventing crime, rather than punishing it and wanted to create simpler laws to help enforce that. By encouraging the simpler laws, it was easier to decided whether or not a crime was committed or how severe the punishment should be. This idea of simpler laws and a reformed justice system contributed to today’s political system by the helping the creation of the second Amendment- the right to bear arms. This helped to achieve that by slowly, yet surely promoting less complicated