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Court Decision Restricts Gun Sentences

Submitted by jon, Jun 7, 2007 23:12

If Cavera new he was commiting a crime by selling the guns then by all means he should have the 2 years in prison. However if he was selling most of his belongings to get ready for death or a nursing home and just made a mistake than I think lessor punishment should be served given his age. I t is hard to say without knowing all of the facts. In addition , If all judges would give harsher penalties for all violent crimes commited with any type of weopon we would most likely see a drop in crime nation wide.


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