Democrats don't care about criminals using guns, they just proved it in Baltimore...

2aguy

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The only way to actually stop criminals from using guns to commit crimes? Lock them up for 30 years when they are caught carrying a gun illegally, felons can't buy, own or carry guns.....or when they are actually caught using a gun in the commission of a crime......

So when the democrats refuse to increase sentences...for gun offenders...the only thing to think is that actual gun crime doesn't bother them......they just want to go after law abiding people who own guns...


Odds are...the gangs own some or most of these Baltimore politicians....


Baltimore guts the one good gun law it could have had - Hot Air

The proposed legislation would have imposed stiff new penalties (including significant jail time) for those caught using illegal weapons in the commission of a crime.


So how did that work out? At the eleventh hour they watered the bill down to the point of irrelevance, of course. (Baltimore Sun)

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A Baltimore City Council committee agreed Tuesday to gut legislation originally designed to impose a mandatory one-year sentence on people who illegally carry guns, amending the measure to set tight limits on when it would apply.
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And there’s also a loophole which allows the State’s Attorney (Marilyn Mosby in this case, who I’m sure you remember from the Freddie Gray debacle) to use “her own discretion” as to whether or not the mandatory minimum would be applied.

Here’s the thing… there’s already a state law in place which has a mandatory minimum for a second gun offense and five years for using a gun in violent crimes and drug crimes. All this legislation is going to wind up doing is adding a $1,000 fine. The original bill might have gotten gang members packing illegal iron off the streets faster. This is nothing but an avoidance of the problem and a return to the status quo.

So how did this happen? Why would people living in the shadow of a gun crime rate which has already racked up more than 500 shootings this year turn their nose up at some tougher laws? Here’s why:

Councilman John Bullock, considered a key swing vote, offered one of the amendments. He said later that the changes assuaged his qualms about supporting the bill. If his support holds, the measure would have the eight votes needed to pass the full council.

My concerns were the impact it would have on first-time offendersand people who were not committing any crimes of violence,” he said.

If you’re finding gang bangers wandering around with unregistered guns, given the current murder situation, wouldn’t you want to get them off the streets even if they don’t have a previous gun crime on their rap sheet?



 
Their intent has always been to sow chaos in the hope that it would cause more restrictive laws across the board.

What dummies. It had of course the opposite effect. Now the judicial system is being repaired in favor of law-abiding Americans.
 
Their intent has always been to sow chaos in the hope that it would cause more restrictive laws across the board.

What dummies. It had of course the opposite effect. Now the judicial system is being repaired in favor of law-abiding Americans.

That's what Obama's AG had in mind with Fast & Furious. He was hoping there would be such an outcry, that they could pass all kinds of anti-gun laws.
 

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