‘Possession of a gun is not a violent crime’: LA DA George Gascón doubles down on his handling of cop-killer Justin Flores’ felon with a gun case [More]
But being Justin Flores is.
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At root, he IS right….. simple possession of a firearm by a convicred felon is a violation of his right to arms.. BUT each case should include ajdudication of that right to possess as a distinctive issue.
In the case of this cop killer, he was obvously one that whould be denied arms. He was in progress of beating an individual,.
Part of his original sentence that rendered him “prohibited person” with respect to the use of arms shuold hve determined he was unfit to bear arms, and thus specifically remove this right as part of his sentene for the uderlying crime.
May “felony” level crimes are no such things… drive more than 25 mph above the posted speed limit in most states (including California) yuo can get nailed for a “felony”, even if you are eastbound on I 15 out in the Mojave desert with not one other car in sight. WHAT HARM? None. I remember when Nevada simply HAD no posted speed limits or stateed maximum speed. Back in the days of the Fed Double Nickel Shuffle the Feds threatened to take back hughway tax money if NV did not impose the “appropriate” speed limits.
Did that make NV any safer? Nope.
This guy obviously was not fit to be allowed to have guns…. but my more basic underlying question is this: since that was so, WHY was he considered “fit” to be llowed to roam freely in public without a qualified custodian? He SHOULD have been either behind bars, or closely guarded by COMPETENT goernment agents. But since they are soexpensive and unreliable, the GreyBar Hotel was the appropriate residence for this clown.