Another Democratic Failure at Curbing Gun Violence: Mandatory Prison Terms For Illegal Firearms
Just when we were, as a nation, beginning to realize that putting people in prison for non-violent offenses was a bad idea, an Illinois state representative wants to revive Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed legislation imposing mandatory minimum prison sentences for illegal firearm ownership. Mandatory minimum sentencing has been rightly identified as a human rights travesty and is being … [Read more…]