Organize Crime are not ordinary criminals, just like Terrorist aren’t ordinary bad people. Thus, special considerations are needed to, dealing with them.
Under the current self defence law of countries, such as Australia, you aren’t allowed assault a person until they prove an immediate threat. In other word, you are not allowed to punch a person, until he/she have at least pulled a knife on you. Now, such law is perfect while dealing with your everyday crooks or to deal with some guy, who just happened to have way too many beers and isn’t thinking with a clear head. However, that isn’t the case, while dealing with Organize Crime. Criminal Organizations aren’t stupid, by been an organization they have a complicated support network, to pull off a complicated task. They are well equipped, with weapons and backups and by the time, you are legally allowed to bash the crap out of them, it is too late, you have been surrounded by ten or twenty guys, who have every intention of pulling you and your two teenage daughters out of your home, gang rape your daughters in your face and then put two bulleted into your head. Afterwards they would sell your daughters as sex slaves, to the highest bidder, on the black market. In other word, these major Criminal Organizations can’t be treated as ordinary criminals and special thoughts must be put into consideration, to firstly, provide police with the power to deal with them and secondly, provide private citizens with addition legal right to defend themselves and their families from these unusual criminals.
Anybody who works in the profession of dealing with criminals would tell you, criminals respond to one thing only and that is strength. In their world, whoever is the coldest and has the biggest fist, is the law. In fact, the only reason they still doesn’t dare to openly challenge the law of our countries, is because they are yet to possess the power to challenge the law and governance of the country. The second they have such capability, they would conduct treason, by trying to overthrow the government, we saw it happen in Colombia where drug lords conduct acts of terrorism, against the government. During the aftermath Hurricane Katrina, criminal organization used the opportunity to seize territories and the national guards needed to be brought in. The only thing that was missing is for the gangs to lower the America flag and raise their gang flags onto a flag pole and line people up in a straight line, force them to salute to their gang flag, while the gang flag is raising, otherwise be shot in the back of their head, with a pistol.
The answer to deal with these Criminal Organizations could be found in the self defence law of Texas. Under normal circumstances, I would find such law to be problematic, but considering the special circumstances of Criminal Organization, I do believe we should make an exception. Under the current Self Defence law of Texas, you are allow to kill a person, if that person give you reason to fear for your life. Personally, I do not like this law. This is because, people response towards their own evaluation of a situation, rather than the situation itself and sometime people can fear for their life due to the stupidest reason. A mentally unstable girl, my fear for her life, because she think a guy is going rape and kill her, because he walked passed her house everyday, where in reality, the guy probably live two block down the street and just happen to walk passed her house on his way to work every morning and don’t even realised this mentally unstable woman is alive. A child might fear for his life, by thinking the old lady living across the street, is a witch, who wants to eat him. So, under normal circumstances, I do not endorse such law. However, it is like I said before, Criminal Organization isn’t ordinary criminals, they are well organized and have a good support network, which allows them to be well equipped and is able to call for good backups, while needed. As a result, under the current law, by the time you are legally allowed to punch them, chances are you have already been surrounded by twenty gangsters, with every intention of pulling you and your two fourteen years old daughters out on the street, gang rape your daughter in front of your face, then put two bullets into your head and then sell your daughters as sex slaves, to the highest bidder on the black market. Also, considering the fact there are people who like having sex with girls who are nine or ten years old, don’t for a second think these gangsters won’t sell your ten years old daughter, as sex slaves, on the black market. Special consideration is needed to deal with them and it is vitally important for the legal system to provide private citizens with more legal rights to protect themselves and their family from these criminals and
Also, it should be important to remember, the character of organized crime, is an organization intended to conduct acts of crime against others, such as forcing people to pay protection money, illegally gambling industry, drug selling, illegal prostitution and selling young girls as sex slaves upon the black market and sometime, just for the fun of it, they might just want to wack and rape somebody, just for fun.
Although I am not generally in favour of the current self defence law of Texas, considering the special circumstances surrounding organized crime and well know fact of their characteristic, I very much believe the self defence law of Texas, should be put in place in our countries, to deal with Organized Crime, but to deal with Organized Crime only. In other word, the law should say you are legally allow killing somebody, if he/she gives you reasons to fear for your life, but only you can prove that person is a member of a well established criminal organization. Putting such law in place might also decrease the rate of organized crime, by making people fear joining these organizations, to begin with. A lot of people who join Organized Crime, are in fact cowards and that sense of fear, push them into joining an organization, which they feel can provide them with safety and they feel Organize Crime, is the answer. But by creating such law, we are literally making people feel that Organize Crime is a big bull eye, ready to be shot at, by a sniper rifle, discouraging people to join. It also, give gang member who wants to leave the gang, more leeway, if the gang try to force him to stay, he could simply, kill the gang boss to set an example and the rest of the gang might not dare to bother him anymore. The next time gang members come to force you to pay protection fee, put two bullets in their head. If they are trying to sell your daughters as sex slaves, put another two bullets into their head. It is best, if we can break these gangsters’ spirit once and for all.
So, let’s passed a law, letting us deal with Criminal Organizations Texas style. But also, let’s limit such legal change to dealing with Criminal Organization only, should we?