'Reckless behavior with guns is no laughing matter. Even where long prison sentences would not be appropriate as punishments, the suspension of a defendant's gun rights might be,' freddoso writes.
Maw is now the focus of controversy for declining to press charges in at least 15 gun crimes that occurred over the Mardi Gras season. These crimes included at least one egregious case in which the defendant was carrying around a machine gun — a federal crime that carries a lengthy prison sentence. That particular defendant also had prior convictions, according to local news reports.
When someone waves a gun around in public, it is not just about the gun. It is about the person's character. People who do things like that are dangerous. They need to suffer consequences in order to learn that human life has value and that they can't just go around putting people in danger like that.
Reckless behavior with guns is no laughing matter. Even where long prison sentences would not be appropriate as punishments, the suspension of a defendant's gun rights might be. Never forget that the Michigan State mass shooter was at liberty to kill, and able to pass a background check and buy a gun legally only because some bleeding-heart prosecutor pleaded him down to a misdemeanor for his earlier felony gun crime.
But Louisiana is one of those red states that does have a very serious gun homicide problem — the worst of any state in the country, in fact. Under those circumstances, there is no excuse for failing to throw the book at anyone who breaks existing gun laws.
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