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**Spats McGee** · April 15, 2013, 08:58 PM

JimDandy, I agree that prosecution is entirely different from being stopped from the sale. If the feds won't prosecute a crime, though, the penalties sure would seem to lose a lot of the intended deterrent effect.

I don't think it will make any difference to folks on the Felonious Friends and Family Plan. Any effect that it might have will be in the "stranger sale" arena, but I just don't think a lot of felons are buying through the classifieds. I think it will just redirect felons currently using the classifieds to go to friends and family.

April 15, 2013, 08:58 PM	#87
Spats McGee Staff Join Date: July 28, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 8,821	JimDandy, I agree that prosecution is entirely different from being stopped from the sale. If the feds won't prosecute a crime, though, the penalties sure would seem to lose a lot of the intended deterrent effect. I don't think it will make any difference to folks on the Felonious Friends and Family Plan. Any effect that it might have will be in the "stranger sale" arena, but I just don't think a lot of felons are buying through the classifieds. I think it will just redirect felons currently using the classifieds to go to friends and family. __________________ I'm a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer. If you need some honest-to-goodness legal advice, go buy some.