2aguy
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- Jul 19, 2014
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This is why we we gun crime……don’t start with blaming normal gun owners….
Take the recent case of 19-year old Jacob Gunn, who was charged with multiple felonies last year after allegedly shooting at a car with two adults and two children inside on a busy St. Paul street. Thankfully no one was injured, but that was due more to luck and happenstance than any action on Gunn’s part.
Prosecutors had plenty of evidence to work with, including eyewitness accounts and DNA evidence, but they chose instead to offer Gunn a plea deal, and this week the young offender learned the consequences of his serious crime: probation and a chance to wipe his felony conviction off his criminal record.
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Additionally, police had recovered a pistol from Gunn’s car within minutes of the shooting being reported, and were able to match the rounds still inside the gun to shell casings discovered at the scene. They also had Gunn’s DNA one of those spent rounds, which also tied him to the scene of the crime.
Despite all that, prosecutors chose to give Gunn a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, and the judge went even further by allowing him to reduce that felony on his record to a misdemeanor if he successfully manages to complete his term of probation.
Take the recent case of 19-year old Jacob Gunn, who was charged with multiple felonies last year after allegedly shooting at a car with two adults and two children inside on a busy St. Paul street. Thankfully no one was injured, but that was due more to luck and happenstance than any action on Gunn’s part.
Prosecutors had plenty of evidence to work with, including eyewitness accounts and DNA evidence, but they chose instead to offer Gunn a plea deal, and this week the young offender learned the consequences of his serious crime: probation and a chance to wipe his felony conviction off his criminal record.
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Additionally, police had recovered a pistol from Gunn’s car within minutes of the shooting being reported, and were able to match the rounds still inside the gun to shell casings discovered at the scene. They also had Gunn’s DNA one of those spent rounds, which also tied him to the scene of the crime.
Despite all that, prosecutors chose to give Gunn a “Get Out of Jail Free” card, and the judge went even further by allowing him to reduce that felony on his record to a misdemeanor if he successfully manages to complete his term of probation.
