Isn't this like saying that shooting deaths were a much bigger problem in the Old West, so it's not fair to jail someone just for shooting a few people? The cru

Isn't this like saying that shooting deaths were a much bigger problem in the Old West, so it's not fair to jail someone just for shooting a few people? The crucial fact is that you're breaking the law and killing people in the process, not that you would have killed even more people if the law hadn't been there.