I have no personal investment in individual rights to carry and shoot guns. But there is an issue with the combination of felons and guns.
I know that in my County, especially with the concern of one excellent Superior Court Judge, that the restriction upon access and possession of firearms by those convicted of felonies is absolutely prohibited. No exceptions. Made very clear to them.
My question is: If the County has improvised a jaunty new program for felony criminals to accept misdemeanor charges for their crimes if they plead out within a brief amount of time; are they then excluded from the felony-requisite arms restriction?
By giving felons a free pass in the interest of freeing up time for Plaintiff Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys to attend other, more important cases; is this actually detrimental to the very community that law enforcement serves? That is, is this set-up effectively giving a pass to felons re surrendering their weapons because they are not now considered in the eyes of the law to be felons? If so; isn't a primary function in the course of convicting a felon being ignored and discarded? A felon off of the hook...with a Misdemeanor and a sidearm.
I do not have any idea what the answer is. But if it turns out to be that we are effectively arming felons in lieu of charging them for their crimes and instead substituting lessor charges than actually committed; is that short-sighted? The dynamics seem grounded in stupidity.
Should this issue be isolated and addressed? It may seem trivial but I think that there are significant ramifications; and the policy is misguided.
I know that in my County, especially with the concern of one excellent Superior Court Judge, that the restriction upon access and possession of firearms by those convicted of felonies is absolutely prohibited. No exceptions. Made very clear to them.
My question is: If the County has improvised a jaunty new program for felony criminals to accept misdemeanor charges for their crimes if they plead out within a brief amount of time; are they then excluded from the felony-requisite arms restriction?
By giving felons a free pass in the interest of freeing up time for Plaintiff Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys to attend other, more important cases; is this actually detrimental to the very community that law enforcement serves? That is, is this set-up effectively giving a pass to felons re surrendering their weapons because they are not now considered in the eyes of the law to be felons? If so; isn't a primary function in the course of convicting a felon being ignored and discarded? A felon off of the hook...with a Misdemeanor and a sidearm.
I do not have any idea what the answer is. But if it turns out to be that we are effectively arming felons in lieu of charging them for their crimes and instead substituting lessor charges than actually committed; is that short-sighted? The dynamics seem grounded in stupidity.
Should this issue be isolated and addressed? It may seem trivial but I think that there are significant ramifications; and the policy is misguided.
Does Pleading from Felony Charge to Misdemeanor Charge Preclude the Firearms Ban
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