08-27-2015, 06:22 PM
(08-27-2015, 05:42 PM)jakefromstatefarm Wrote: I'm pretty sure that it's a felony for a convicted felon, a mentally ill person, or any other person to own or possess an illegally purchased firearm.
It's also a felony for a person to use a weapon in the commission of a crime.
I wouldn't say those are "draconian" laws.
Class of felony? Detection rate? Prosecution rate? Conviction rate? Those would be the things that matter.
On a side note, I suggested the punishment for drug offenders was draconian. By the way, that means barbaric, brutal, heavy handed, over the top. I suggested the penalties for gun offenses are not draconian, and we agree on that. But, I rather wish they were.
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