Law-abiding citizens acting in self-defense actually shoot and kill many more criminals each year than police do, and with a much lower percentage of incidents where an innocent person is mistakenly identified as a criminal.

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"We expect the toughest and the harshest sentence that can act as a deterrent to other criminals that abuse and kill our women and children, " she said.

BBC: Africa

Part of it is seeing if we can get automatic weapons that kill folks in amazing numbers out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.

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And for years, the controversial "Grand Theft Auto" series, in which players can kill police officers, was targeted by critics who said it glamorizes criminals and promotes violence.

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"All punishments prescribed by law will be maintained in the country to ensure that criminals get what they deserve: that is, that those who kill are killed, " he said.

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"The accused perpetrators of these acts were not common criminals attempting to profit from a criminal enterprise, but terrorists trying to injure, maim, and kill innocent Americans, " senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Kelly Ayotte, and congressman Peter King, said in a statement.

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