SPFDRum
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After reading some of the post here regarding the 55 year sentence, I now know how the anti's carry so much clout.
You have an individual that not only commited 1 felony, but several, and in the pursuit of this crime, he feloniously used a weapon. Now this was in a state that takes misuse of fire arms seriously, and hopes to curb the illeagal use of them with stiff mandetory sentences. He broke the law, got busted, turned down a plea bargin, and recieved the mandated sentence.
Now we have a group here that feels that this was to extreme. To these, I pose this question to you: What will deter more crime, stiff mandetory sentences for using a weapon in the act of commiting a crime, or wailing loudly about our 2nd amendment rights? Are we so blind to actually believe this individual was exercising his 2nd amendment rights, and should be given a lesser sentence?
Bottom line, stay on the right side of the law, no worries, break the law and suffer the consequences. That is unless you feel using a weapon to commit murder and crime is just another expression of the right to keep and bear arms and should be protected by the constitution. To those, get off my side, with that attitude, you are giving the anti's all the ammo they need.
You have an individual that not only commited 1 felony, but several, and in the pursuit of this crime, he feloniously used a weapon. Now this was in a state that takes misuse of fire arms seriously, and hopes to curb the illeagal use of them with stiff mandetory sentences. He broke the law, got busted, turned down a plea bargin, and recieved the mandated sentence.
Now we have a group here that feels that this was to extreme. To these, I pose this question to you: What will deter more crime, stiff mandetory sentences for using a weapon in the act of commiting a crime, or wailing loudly about our 2nd amendment rights? Are we so blind to actually believe this individual was exercising his 2nd amendment rights, and should be given a lesser sentence?
Bottom line, stay on the right side of the law, no worries, break the law and suffer the consequences. That is unless you feel using a weapon to commit murder and crime is just another expression of the right to keep and bear arms and should be protected by the constitution. To those, get off my side, with that attitude, you are giving the anti's all the ammo they need.