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From the article: "When he was eighteen, Thompson was convicted of first-degree felony assault for firing a gun during a carjacking and served two years in state prison. On April 20, 1999 -- the same day as the Columbine shootings and one day before Strickland took office -- Thompson was pulled over for running a stop sign, and a .22-caliber pistol was found in his car. "

I think I see the problem: " ...firing a gun during a carjacking and served two years..."

If we stop treating people who threaten to kill others in order to take their property as if they were double-parking, we wouldn't have the crime problem that we do. Nothing will solve the problem of associating firearms-ownership with crime as long as such people are more likely to be found on the street than in prison.

If this jerk had been in prison where he belonged for his initial outrageous crime, anti-gunners would have a much harder time passing laws which result in prison for a woman posing nude with guns.

Despite the injustices outlined in the article, the greater injustice is to infringe my right to keep and bear arms. These sad tales will eventually help to identify the problem, but only if the laws are enforced. Selective enforcement just grants power to the government which it shouldn't have.

I think I see the problem: " ...firing a gun during a carjacking and served two years..." If we stop treating people who threaten to kill others in order to take their property as if they were double-parking, we wouldn't have the crime problem that we do. Nothing will solve the problem of associating firearms-ownership with crime as long as such people are more likely to be found on the street than in prison.

Oh I agree completely. Giving light sentences to violent criminals and then restricting their gun rights is as stupid as giving light sentences to sex offenders and then listing them in a sex-offender registry. They should be locked up and kept there.