Your Gun Control Laws

[Benton]

(10-05-2017, 11:26 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Do some research on California's AB109 program.  It releases "non-violent" offenders early to reduce prison overcrowding.  Who could argue against such common sense measures such as releasing "non-violent" offenders early?  Except here is what people aren't told, one might think intentionally, the "non-violent" designation is determined by the charge they are currently incarcerated for.  So a two time rapist in prison for burglary is released early because he's a "non-violent" offender.  A guy with multiple charges of assault with a deadly weapon in prison for possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell is a "non-violent" offender.  Lots of these "non-violent" offenders have a very violent past.

This is why, when I hear cries from politicians to protect the public from law abiding gun owners I have to concentrate on not throwing up in my mouth at the insane levels of duplicity and hypocrisy on display.

It's not just there.

Years ago (thinking maybe 10 now) we had a disappearance. The boyfriend was connected to a very large drug running group/motorcycle gang. He'd been arrested in connection with a half dozen murder for hire cases, but it never stuck. His only conviction was for a burglary and physical evidence tampering, which he got paroled for in another state. After the disappearance, he was sentenced two or three more times on minor things, but even with the parol violation he served very, very little time. Out of the last 10 years and arrests, he spent maybe two years in jail.

The last time he got arrested was for beating a prostitute while high on cocaine. He pled down to a drug possession charge because the prosecutor didn't think he could make the assault charges stick (the guy claimed he had given the hooker cocaine in exchange for rough sex).

Ah, our legal system.