By Ben Marquis
It’s common knowledge that following any sort of high-profile gun crime, Democrats will trip over one another in the rush to demand with sanctimonious outrage that new, stricter gun control laws be passed.
What they neglect to mention is the gun control laws already in existence and how their proposed new laws would make little difference.
But California’s liberal Gov. Jerry Brown just went a step further, signing a new law that would actually lessen prison sentences for those convicted of a crime with a gun — on the grounds that such laws are hardest on minorities.
According to Breitbart, Brown on Monday signed into into law a bill passed out of the legislature known as SB620, which in essence reduces the penalty for using a gun to commit crimes.
The California Rifle and Pistol Association warned in September that SB620 would “favor criminals over law-abiding gun owners,” and that is indeed what this bill will do.
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What the bill will do is remove the mandatory sentence enhancements — additional prison time — that were tacked on to minimum sentences in convictions for crimes committed with a firearm, part of an effort to keep dangerous, gun-wielding criminals off the streets for longer periods of time.
With that mandate now removed, it is left up the sentencing judge to determine if any additional prison time is warranted for criminals who use guns to commit their crimes.
Meanwhile, law-abiding gun owners in the Golden State remain saddled with incredibly burdensome and strict regulations on guns purportedly designed to “reduce crime” and keep those terrible tools of evil known as firearms off the streets.
full story at https://conservativetribune.com/gov-removes-penalty-guns-crimes/