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Originally Posted by Pineedles
... Most gun laws do not have any effect on the criminals who obtain them from illegal sources...
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...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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Originally Posted by Pineedles
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.
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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!