No sir, crime in the US is BRUTAL because we don't punish people harshly the first time they commit a crime, and we're hardly ever allowed to shoot them with the loaded firearms we carry...if we could do that, then they'd all be dead and we'd be much happier overall.
BTW, in this usage the word is 'hole' not 'whole'. Hole is an empty space, whole means 'entirety'.
PS: Can't argue with the independant healthcare debacle at all, you're totally right on.