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dksuddeth,
you're not making much sense to me
Moreno didn't commit a crime WITH a firearm, the ONLY crime Moreno committed was possessing an illegal weapon. then he was released, then he killed someone.
how long should someone get for carrying a weapon the state says is illegal?
1 year? 2 years? 5? what will it take, in your opinion, to prevent such a person from ever committing a crime again? if you can't answer that definatively, what's the purpose of even saying your point #1?
are you seriously going to dig up a quote from someone saying that if you carry some types of weapons you should face the stocks or gallows?
doesn't such a position contradict your earlier arguments that it's socially irresponsible to prohibit people from owning certain weapons?
or do sawed-off shotguns fall within your personal scope of invalid weapons?
and if they do, why can't handguns fall within mine?
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