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Originally Posted by shmike
The ironic part is that you and I agree far more than we disagree (even on this case).
Guns and the control of is not an issue you concern yourself with? How about criminal sentencing guidelines? Marijuana legalization? These are topics you post about often, if my calling them your pet issues is insulting to you, I apologize.
I do not recall a single person in this thread saying that the 7 year term was fair. What I do recall is derf saying there may be more to the story (there is BTW, multiple convictions for one).
You are arguing this from an emotional point of view, I just gave the legal reasoning for what took place.
Yes, people commit worse crimes and suffer lesser consequences. That sucks.
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This.
All of this.
It's unfair. And, you can stand there and call the judge a poopy-doo-doo-head all you want. He broke the law, and was held to that law.
He wasn't required to allow them to search the car. Why did he?
This is more about "ignorance of the law does not make you innocent of breaking the law" than it is anything else. They KNEW it was illegal enough to disassemble the weapons, perhaps a bit more reading would have saved a world of hurt.