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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeglesias’ obsession with sending Black children and young men to jail for essentially statutory offenses (which is exactly what mere possession of gun, absent another associated crime IS) is racist AF. Simply being in possession of a gun is not a violent crime in and of itself. It is abhorrent to send people to jail for nonviolent offenses. If they shoot someone or commit a robbery or assault or some other violent crime, they should be prosecuted for that and the gun possession as well, and serve a commensurate sentence. But simply possessing a gun illegally absent any other crime, especially a crime of violence, is just blatant naked racism designed to put Black males into the criminal justice industrial complex. No-papering is EXACTLY what prosecutors should be doing. That’s what I support. [/quote] If someone illegally possesses a gun, waiting until they discharge the gun before prosecuting them is moronic policy. [/quote]
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