Enzo
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I really want to see a count of how many people could have been charged and have actually been charged and prosecuted with that law. I've never been able to find that information. Probably because it proves MA's "tough on 'gun' crime" stance is a crock of shit.
If you apply for an LTC shortly after you move to this hell hole, you're covered. I'm presuming you mean people who move here and aren't aware of the draconian laws. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't throw the book at some poor guy who just didn't realize. :/Has Bartley-Fox ever been used to prosecute an otherwise law-abiding gun owner who, as an example, moved to MA and didn't realize the FR idiocy of our laws? I wouldn't put it past this state for them to throw the book at someone who messed up like in my example but drop the charge for the actual murderers, rapists, and gang-bangers.
The vast majority of these gun mandatory sentences go away with plea bargains.
That but BF is also incompatible with crimes that serve time in a state prison. So say they put someone in state prison for some thug bullshit, the DA cant tack on the year under BF for the gun because the BF sentence is in a house of correction not state prison, and theres some bullshit that prevents making that time concurrent.
I met a guy in Billerica back in the early 90s who supposedly did a year in jail for handgun possession under this law. It was like meeting a unicorn.
He could have been bullshitting me of course but he might have been that rare case.
My understanding is that a handful (but not more) of people have actually been convicted of this crime. But it would only be someone who is otherwise "clean", no other charges and that is almost as rare as unicorns.
I remember signs on the boarder of MA stating that possessing a gun (illegally) would result in a 1 year automatic sentence. I forgot the verbiage and how long ago, early 80's?
I remember signs on the boarder of MA stating that possessing a gun (illegally) would result in a 1 year automatic sentence. I forgot the verbiage and how long ago, early 80's?
Where do people get this stuff? As a prosecutor I personally did or oversaw probably 50. I've probably reviewed 200 that that did the minimum sentence between 1992 to 2005.only 3 where prosecuted since it started.
Where do people get this stuff? As a prosecutor I personally did or oversaw probably 50. I've probably reviewed 200 that that did the minimum sentence between 1992 to 2005.
Isn't owning a Hi-Point pistol punishable by death?
This issue arises frequently. On the state house steps on Saturday it was again raised by a speaker and it appears in the comments in the Herald today. We are all interested in being accurate in our arguments, and in the spirit of advancing our cause on these issues I have got to say it is entirely UNTRUE that people are not regularly incarcerated for the minimum mandatory sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm. It was 1 year and is now 18 months (or 2 1/2 in state prison). Thousands of these cases are prosecuted and in every court they are either admitted to for the minimum sentence by the defendant or go to trial. Sure some get tossed on motions to suppress or are otherwise fought, but they are not "plea bargained" away on any kind of frequency. In Boston, there's a whole session for these cases in the Municipal Court and specially assigned prosecutors who do nothing but gun cases. I have no idea where this rumor started but it is not accurate and lawful gun owners should not make this argument or risk sacrificing credibility.