Lester The Nightfly wrote: ↑Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:48 pm
Perhaps having a tool that is easy to execute and adjudicate would help. A thousand times a day cops ask for proof of insurance if there is a driving violation. No insurance? You broke the law and should be held accountable. Same for firearms.
Again, it's an additional tool. Remember why Al Capone got sent to prison? Hint: It wasn't for murder.
Perhaps the legal system should use the tools they have more efficiently.
For example:
TROY, MI – On Tuesday November 3rd, 2020, at 4:45 PM. Troy Police Officers responded to reports of a verbal altercation at the Somerset Collection South, located at 2801 West Big Beaver Road, where a handgun had been implied.
Upon arrival the officers located the three male suspects exiting the Neiman Marcus store. Officers made contact with the suspects and started to inquire about the altercation.
When officers requested to conduct a search for weapons on one of the suspects, the man fled from officers on foot. The suspect ran down the escalators at which point he lost his footing and fell to the floor. As the subject fell, officers observed a handgun fall from the subject’s waistband. Officers secured the weapon and continued pursuit of the suspect on foot.
He was taken into custody by officers in the westbound lanes of Big Beaver and transported to the Troy Police Lock-up Facility. The handgun recovered from the suspect was found to be reported stolen out of Jackson in 2018.
Trimble was arraigned at 52-4 District Court on November 5th with bond set at $100,000 cash or surety. Trimble was arrested in March 2020 for charges related to allegedly shooting at a girlfriend and another man in Warren.
Why was Mr. Trimble running around loose after shooting at two people in March? Does that make any sense?
Now,
Take the shooting in the parking lot at Somerset Mall a few weeks back. I mentioned it earlier in this thread.
The suspect arrested was one Mr. Jermaine Marzell Jones. Mrl Jones was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, felony firearm second offense, carrying a concealed weapon and reckless use of a firearm.
Here's the kicker, Mr. Jones was released from prison in July of 2020. He served four years for assault with intent to do great bodily harm Less than Murder and felony firearm. Both plea deals. Less than four months later he is involved in a shooting at Somerset Mall. Maybe the system should have kept him longer? Was his parole officer keeping tabs on him?
Don't make me jump through hoops when people like Mr. Jones aren't going to. I've already been through background checks both at the federal and state level. I have to do so every five years.
New York and Chicago were all in with respect to their sanctuary status — until they were hit with the challenge of actually providing sanctuary. In other words, typical liberal hypocrisy.