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Shooting at people is victimless- only when the bullets actually hit people is there a victim, and there are already crimes/legal remedies in place for that. C
by sliverstorm 11y ago
Shooting at people is victimless- only when the bullets actually hit people is there a victim, and there are already crimes/legal remedies in place for that.
Consider the case where a shooter sprays bullets in a crowded building wildly, but no one is actually hit.
Rightly or wrongly, drunk driving is considered endangerment of others.
endangerment comprises several types of crimes involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person.
Similar to crimes like attempted murder, we do not allow endangerment even though it may be the case that no one was hurt, because Person A took a high risk with Person B's life and we do not consider that acceptable.
- plonh 11y agoThat's not what "victimless" means. Victimless means no one is harmed, not even statistically, in consensually. Getting high at home, or having consensual sex, are victimless crimes.
- sliverstorm 11y agoThen drunk driving is not victimless, and my argument isn't needed anyway.