Victimless crimes
Otherwise known as contempt of state.
15 years for possession of stuff, including one round of 9mm.
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June 28th, 2011 at 10:12 am
It would be interesting to know if the 9mm round they found on him was actually a 9×18 round (commonly generalized as 9mm), which would make sense if they can link the Makarov they found near the scene to him (along with the meth).
If that’s the case, i don’t really feel sorry for him. we’re always trumpeting the “enforce the laws on the books” angle and “tougher sentences for repeat violent offenders.”
But yes, not considering the above, 15 years for one round of ammo is a bit harsh. Especially when rapists and child molesters get considerably less.
June 28th, 2011 at 10:30 am
If the cops are smart, they would fingerprint and DNA the living daylights out of the Makarov and the meth. The last thing I want to see on the streets is somebody with a record of violent felonies, carrying a gun, and using meth. If they could make a good link to the discards, NObody would be complaining.
June 28th, 2011 at 10:41 am
While the single bullet in the pocket is quite convenient for the DA, and therefore questionable regarded the “planting” of evidence, that the fellow in possession of said bullet was a felon is not in doubt. Looks like a good bust to me.
June 28th, 2011 at 11:11 am
Chances are he took a plea to that charge in lieu of them charging him with the weapon and the drugs.
June 28th, 2011 at 11:53 am
Markie Marxist sez: “This is awful! How are our Marxist/warrior/hero/criminals supposed to help us to destroy capitalism and bring down America if they’re locked up? It’s just not common communist sense to prevent them from helping us to destablize America. How is this guy supposed to rob convenience stores and mug people when the police took his Makarov and locked him up? With a 15-year sentence, it might be a couple years until we can get a proven performer like him back on the street. Maybe we can get him off because he was discriminated against or something like that. I wonder if he’s a member of one of our protected minority groups? That’s always helpful in these situations.”
June 28th, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Um, yeah, looks like he’s an armed felon meth head who threw his pistol and bag o’ meth as he ran and didnt clean out his pockets well enough before being nabbed by the cops. This isnt 15 years for one bullet, this is a guy with multiple strikes who is a danger to the community. Good riddance. I also doubt he had a CC permit. 🙂
June 28th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
If this guy is such a dangerous hardened criminal that it’s unsafe for him to carry one round of ammunition, then he should never have been let out of prison in the first place. Given that he was released, the government apparently feels that he was relatively safe, and it’s outrageous to give him 15 years for one round of ammunition.
June 28th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
No sympathy here. Gun / Meth / Convicted Felon is a combination I don’t want in my neighborhood.
June 28th, 2011 at 3:38 pm
“This isnt 15 years for one bullet, this is a guy with multiple strikes who is a danger to the community.”
Hear, hear. Complaining about this is like complaining about a guy who gets 15 years “just for stealing a Snickers bar”, when that theft was just the latest in a long line of other thefts.
Throw away the key.
June 28th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
I don’t have a problem with the felon in possession law in a general sense, and the specific instance cited I don’t find objectionable either.
That being said though, I do have problem with the felon in possession law in specifics. Too many crimes are stupidly defined as felonies these days, making the felon in possession law too harsh. The law should be rewritten so that it only applies to violent felonies instead of all felonies.
Also the process of recovering firearm rights after a felony conviction is broken. Until that process is restored to normal the felon in possession law should be suspended.
June 29th, 2011 at 8:33 am
As others have said, you will miss the point if you focus on the one bullet. The entirety of the case is that paroled thug was caught yet again breaking the law. He is going back to jail.
This is entirely different from a situation in which say his brother had gone hunting over the weekend and while at a DUI checkpoint an officer notices a shotgun shell on the floorboard in the back seat and runs his license and he gets 15 years for possession of one bullet. That would be an outrage and poor application of the law.
But in this case, yeah us!