Maybe they should be seizing/impounding the criminals instead.
You know, THIS is correct... we've ALREADY got plenty of laws that will allow us to jail lawbreakers, to include the "mandatory" 1-year jail term for possession of a firearm without a license. Assault is a crime; dealing and possession of drugs are crimes; murder / attempted murder and manslaughter are all crimes as well...
There is NOTHING to be gained by implementing ANOTHER new law...
Several years ago, they decided, after a fatality, that they needed MORE laws to control speeding / drag racing in Springfield. They did exactly the same thing (home rule petition, passed by the legislature, and signed by the Governor), because for some reason, reckless driving, driving to endanger, manslaughter, speeding, traffic light violations, marked lanes violations, and all the other traffic laws on the books just weren't enough... one MORE law would SURELY put an end to drag racing on city streets...
I hereby present the following exhibits of drag racing AFTER the new "seizure" law was enacted:
State police charge 2 Springfield men with drag-racing on Sumner Avenue
Published: Friday, April 09, 2010, 9:10 AM Updated: Friday, April 09, 2010, 5:42 PM
Sumner Avenue Springfield drag race isolated incident, police say
Published: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 3:30 AM Updated: Sunday, July 18, 2010, 3:36 AM
Springfield police arrest 2 city men for drag racing on Sumner Avenue in Forest Park neighborhood
Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 7:00 AM Updated: Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 12:29 PM
Springfield police charge 19-year-old Luis Correa of Holyoke with drag racing in East Springfield
Published: Monday, September 27, 2010, 6:35 AM Updated: Monday, September 27, 2010, 1:22 PM
Those were found in just a couple of minutes...
Do you REALLY think that "just one more law" has ANY chance of stopping the gang- and drug-related gun violence in Springfield?