Well, I'm not in favor of convicting him of anything without a trial which he is apparently going to get. Let the evidence convict him if it can. Otherwise, let him walk.
I certainly haven't said any such thing. I do believe in the constitution and the American judicial system whether it has been corrupted or not (it has). If it was brought back around to the way it was supposed to work I would be happy as a clam.
As for doing something about it I actually thought my first step in trying to do something about it was posting this story here and talking about the level of punishment. I was hoping others would agree and that we might somehow work together to at least try to make a difference here. The courts are more favorable to gun owners now IMO. Maybe this case could be one to take up the chain of federal courts. It would be tough with this court because of the youth of the gun buyer. This seller certainly isn't a sympathetic example of someone who was punished out of proportion for his deeds. But there may be others.
I think the gun boards on the net could be a big force in politics in various ways. One way would be to form a foundation to provide money for people unfairly punished by this law. I'm not saying this is the case. I don't know enough about the facts obviously. The only thing I really saw in that article that meant anything was the potential punishment for this crime. It seems out of proportion to me. Again someone who does this often isn't someone I would have sympathy for. But one person who made a mistake maybe out of ignorance might by sympathetic if they got a severe punishment. And the best place to learn about something like that IMO is on a gun board. We are a resource and we should act like one.