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Old 11-04-2008, 12:35 PM   #63
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... Most gun laws do not have any effect on the criminals who obtain them from illegal sources...

...If the criminal in question is caught with that gun in Massachusetts the slamming of his prison cell door will effect him greatly. So will the minimum sentence statutes...


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One gun law I would support would be, if someone used a gun in the commission of a crime would be sentenced to a mandatory imprisionment of 25 years. That may not deter all criminals from using a gun but it sure would keep the ones who did locked away for a long time.

So a teenager that shoots a hole through a stop sign with his 22 rifle goes to prison for 25 years? That will teach him!
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