“ A cop used to be able to throw a gangbanger in jail for carrying without a license.”
Most of those gang bangers have criminal records that make possession of a firearm a felony. That’s the case here in Illinois in general and Chicago in particular. Cook County for years had a specific Gun Court. It worked reasonably well right up until it was abolished because….wait for it….
Racism.
Now 2, 3, 4 time felons caught with guns have those charges reduced or dropped entirely and are back on the street before the cop who made the arrest can finish the paperwork.
What needs to happen is to reinstate Project Exile. Have a felony record and get caught with a firearm? Straight off the Federal Court you go where the conviction rate was 98% and the sentence was 5 years with no parole.
And the Federal pen was hundreds of miles away, so no visits from your baby mommas.
That would put a stop to the majority of this crap.
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Once you have served your time, your gun rights should be returned, along with every other right!