Why do we protect freedom

[macphanatic]

Mr645 wrote:
Yet anti American lefties keep proposing laws to remove guns from law abiding citizens and fail to punish criminals that use guns

And why don't they prosecute criminals who use illegal guns to commit crimes to the full extent of the law? Why do we wait until the third violent felony conviction to lock them up for life? They seem to be more concerned about the wellbeing of bad people and not those that are their victims.