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  There are medically defined diagnoses of sociopathic and psychopathic behaviour. 
  There's no x-ray, blood test or ultrasound to detect schizophrenia, Asbergers or autism, but we know these conditions exist. 
  Anyway, you're missing my point completely. Let's leave it. You sound too young or angry and incapable of a reasonable discussion.
context: It absolutely blows my mind how often people will draw guns during a disagreement without any thought or fear about being locked away in prison and ruining the rest of their lives. >
  
  This is a known problem with humans. Relying on "fear of consequences" often fails as a prevention strategy. If one truly wants to stop a certain kind of act, we need different approaches. >
  
  I always remember the part in The Green Mile where John Coffey sees Wild Bill Wharton's memory of killing the two girls and says "he used their love of each other against them" or something to that effect. 
  I wonder if the rates of spontaneous murders would decrease if the law punished the murderers parents or children instead of themselves. 
  Not proposing this as a real world solution. Just interested how convicted killers would respond to this. Those who lashed out in the heat of the moments. >
  
  Too many sociopaths and or psychopaths who wouldn't give two shits. Why should more innocent people suffer because someone else lacks empathy?? Maybe we should start jailing politicians and those who funnel money to politicians who male big profits from selling guns like the NRA and gun manufacturers. That males more sense than torturing more innocent people >
  
  First, I'm not saying this is a sensible solution. It's just a question. 
  Second, I'm not talking about sociopaths and psychopaths or anyone with mental illness. I'm referring to the normal, everyday person who, for whatever reason, gets so irate over something that they need to flex their muscles, lose control and pull out a gun as if it is totally reasonable response. 
  I'm thinking of the guy who shot his neighbours because the party music was too loud and felt belittled when they didn't turn it down, so shot his neighbour dead. 
  Would someone like him behave differently if he knew it was someone he loved, rather than his drunk ass self that paid the price for his actions? I'm sure there's a "I don't give a fuck" thought that goes through people's minds when these random acts of violence occur. 
  Definitely agree with you on the NRA. How they are not considered a terrorist organisation in the US is beyond me. >
  
  No way to be able to distinguish a sociopath or psychopath. Not like it shows up on an xray, blood test or ultrasound.
  The guy who shot his neighbors because their music was too loud is most likely a fucking psycho who was utterly incable of empathy or has a serious mental health problem with reality. Either way, not sure why his family should go to jail. 
  Plenty of us have nothing to do with our families because we do have sociopaths in them, and they've caused us enough harm already. Why would you think we deserve to be tortured further for their decisions?? Sociopaths are notorious for believing nothing is their fault. Everyone else should suffer, and they never take accountable. So why give them another out?? Hold criminals responsible not their families