Amnesty? For What?

Let's review the other types of amnesty programs we have had and continue to have in the U.S. that allows people to get away with breaking the law or breaking the rules.

Illegal weapon amnesty. Misdemeanor warrant amnesty. Illegal explosives amnesty. Traffic warrant amnesty. Toxic waste amnesty. Civil fine amnesty and even library fine amnesty. Except for the library fines, all of the above could be felonies or low-to-high grade misdemeanors. Being here illegally is a civil infraction and in the whole scheme of things is a lesser “crime” than most of the above.

So you don't have to do the research, here it is:

a. Gun Control Act of 2004, MD, gun amnesty:
b. New York State Legislature, 1994, gun amnesty:
c. City of Rochester, NY, gun amnesty:
d. City of Philadelphia, PA, gun amnesty
e. Columbia, SC, gun amnesty
f. Pittsburgh, PA gun amnesty
g. Dona Ana County, NM, explosives amnesty
h. Ralston, NE, explosives amnesty day
i. Lancaster County, NE, misdemeanor warrant amnesty day
j. Sarpy County, NE: misdemeanor warrant amnesty day
k. Tulsa County, OK, misdemeanor warrant amnesty day
l. Lake Forest Park, WA, warrant amnesty day


I’m not saying whether we should offer amnesty to illegal immigrants or not. But it seems to me that when we discuss granting amnesty to those who "don't understand some part of the word 'illegal'," we should remember for whom and for what we have granted amnesty in the past and whether granting it completely solved those problems either.