Your worldview has produced Chicago. Mine has produced Singapore.
> Singapore retains both corporal punishment (in the form of caning) and capital punishment (by hanging) as punishments for serious offences. For some offences, most notably trafficking in drugs above a certain specified quantity, the imposition of these penalties is mandatory.
I’d rather hear gunshots and deal with property crime every day than be subjected to the above.
I wouldn't. Which is a good reason to not have the same laws everywhere, I suppose!
Sex between two men, while previously banned, was not enforced either. It is not uncommon to see openly homosexual men in Singapore.