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alan · July 21, 2011, 11:12 PM

publius42 wrote:

A straw buyer, by definition, has little or no criminal record.

The crime they commit carries a ten year prison sentence.

The major complaint of gun controllers about our "weak" straw buyer laws is that they do not receive these sentences, so a longer maximum is needed.

NEWSFLASH: Juries will not lock up these kids for ten years, and if we make the max sentence 20, they will not lock them up for that long either.
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Newsflash # 2

The same gun controllers keep pushing the same, tired, shopworn proposals, notwithstanding the fact that gun control, where enacted, has yet to deliver the results promised or expected.

As to the actions of trial juries, and their seeming unwillingness to bring in verdicts that lead to maximum sentences, if this happening, might it be described as Jury Nullification?

Perhaps it's time for repeal of existing gun laws, for gun control, as usually offered, impacts largely on the law abiding, in addition to strongly checking the enforcement bureaucracies, that is BATFE and DOJ..

July 21, 2011, 11:12 PM	#695
alan Senior Member Join Date: June 7, 1999 Posts: 3,847	publius42 wrote: A straw buyer, by definition, has little or no criminal record. The crime they commit carries a ten year prison sentence. The major complaint of gun controllers about our "weak" straw buyer laws is that they do not receive these sentences, so a longer maximum is needed. NEWSFLASH: Juries will not lock up these kids for ten years, and if we make the max sentence 20, they will not lock them up for that long either. -------------------------- Newsflash # 2 The same gun controllers keep pushing the same, tired, shopworn proposals, notwithstanding the fact that gun control, where enacted, has yet to deliver the results promised or expected. As to the actions of trial juries, and their seeming unwillingness to bring in verdicts that lead to maximum sentences, if this happening, might it be described as Jury Nullification? Perhaps it's time for repeal of existing gun laws, for gun control, as usually offered, impacts largely on the law abiding, in addition to strongly checking the enforcement bureaucracies, that is BATFE and DOJ..