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From: pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)
Subject: Re: My Gun is like my American Express Card
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 13:45:49 GMT


In article <C5HEDH.C7A@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson) writes:
>In <1qf5kb$8pq@transfer.stratus.com> cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
>
>|But you ARE describing US gun law, in a vast number of places!
>
>|The problem is that the system falls apart when the government decides
>|not to PROSECUTE under those laws.  That is, the criminal is told:
>
>|"Plead guilty to aggravated assault and save us the effort of a full
>|trial, and we'll drop the gun charges."
>
>|So the laws exist, and the penalties are as you say, but nobody is ever
>|prosecuted under these laws.  They are "traded away" for easy pleas.
>
>Having such gun laws on the books is still better than nothing.
>What would the DA have traded away in order to get the guilty plea if the
>gun law had not been in effect.

If you can't convict 'em, don't bust 'em!  Plea bargins are for lazy DAs, weak
cases and questionable cops.IMnotsoHO.
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