• Psythik@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You can go to prison for buying a gun while being a drug user? Seriously?

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      The crime is lying on the form. If he’d checked yes on being a drug user, they would have just denied the application.

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        1 year ago

        It was dismissed as frivolous. Plus it’s an amendment violation.

        Same reasons we keep letting reds get away with gun crimes tbh.

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      In reality, no they don’t normally proscute lying on the form, but Republicans demanded a prosecution. Normally his punishment would be probation, but the judge is considering something harsher.