Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (let's see--how many are in jail, under indictment, or under investigation for crimes--seven--oops, no--eight?) have made their hostility to the Second Amendment pretty clear.
Charleston SC's Mayor Joe Riley, though, wants to take a bite out of the Fourth Amendment, as well.
Among other things, the city wants the state to:"Warrants? We don't need no steenking warrants!"
• Allow police to conduct warrantless searches of offenders on probation or parole.
• Deny bail for repeat offenders charged with new crimes.
• Bar anyone convicted of a crime carrying a sentence of two years or more from possessing handguns or military-style rifles.
• Create a separate offense for anyone caught with a gun while selling, manufacturing or possessing drugs for distribution.
• Increase the punishment for those convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill to a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life in prison. The current law carries no minimum penalty and has a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
• Expand current laws governing the illegal use and possession of firearms to include military-style rifles, such as AK-47s.
• Require all criminals to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before they are eligible for parole or release.
That one about barring people convicted of a crime carrying a sentence of two or more years from possessing handguns or "military style rifles" seems a bit odd, too, because I thought any such crimes were felonies, and thus the convicts were already so barred by federal law.
Mayor Riley seems to have it in for people charged with crimes--hardly a nice way to treat his fellow Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
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that whole "federal law" thing has gone crazy. The only reason those laws are there is to justify the unconstitutional agenda and power grabs.
wv=suras...google's hip, they know that these folks want you to be a slave or die.
Funny, he doesn't have the one effective law change. That is to add a sentence enhancement to anyone convicted of theft or burglary where a firearm is one of the items taken. Raise the cost of stealing guns to reduce the guns available to criminals.
Criminals use a lot of stolen guns, go after their suppliers, i.e., the thieves who steal them.
JKB,
It's hard to go after the thieves when a government is wasting an enormous amount of resources harassing the majority of people who aren't committing actual crimes against property or persons.
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