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AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File One of the frustrating things about the current debate over new gun laws is a complete lack of interest on the part of the media and gun control supporters when it comes to how their new proposals would actually be enforced. I’ve read dozens of stories over the past few days about Senate negotiations on background check and “red flag” bills, yet none of them have bothered to include what the proposed penalty for violating those laws would be.
You’d think that would be an important factor in any discussions about new laws, but anti-gun Democrats and their allies present these measures as if simply putting them on the books is all that really matters. Many gun owners, meanwhile, talk about the need to better enforce the existing laws that we have in place, but again, it’s rare for the media to ever actually dig in to what enforcement of these laws looks like in practice.
I wrote a piece the other day about the light sentences being handed down to straw buyers in federal courts, where the possibility of a 10-year federal prison sentence is routinely discarded in favor of a few months behind bars or simply probation, and now we’ve got another example of the Biden administration and federal judges going soft on what are supposed to be serious violations of federal law. On Wednesday, 66-year old Dorian LaCourse, who is the former police chief in Addyson, Ohio, was sentenced to three years probation and six months of home confinement for his role in a scheme to illegally sell about 200 fully-automatic rifles purchased in the name of the Addyson police. Prosecutors say LaCourse bought the guns that were only available to the military and law enforcement. Then he went through two gun dealers in […]
They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
Over the last several months, I’ve lost count of how many times the powers-that-be have tried to shut us down. They’ve sent hackers at us, forcing us to take extreme measures on web security. They sent attorneys after us, but thankfully we’re not easily intimidated by baseless accusations or threats. They’ve even gone so far as to make physical threats. Those can actually be a bit worrisome but Remington has me covered.
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