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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Michigan shooting is 100% on Republicans.  They blocked legislation that could have prevented it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/michigan-state-shooting-republicans-blocked-gun-reform-laws[/quote]

Blame Carol Simeon, she didn’t have to plea him down[/quote]

She shouldn't have allowed the plea deal.

BUT blaming one random prosecutor doesn't address the next mass shooting. And the next.  And the next.  And the next.  And there WILL be more.
Legislation would have addressed it.  And that is still 100% on Republicans.  No way around it.[/quote]
+1 There’s no way every single prosecutor can bring every single defendant to trial on the highest possible charge every time. The system would collapse.[/quote]

What was in his past, or the actual charge, that would suggest a plea deal wasn't in the state's best interest AT THAT TIME? From what I'm reading, and I haven't read all of it, he was sitting on a stoop when cops came up to him. He was found to have a concealed weapon on him. Ok, that's a charge. It wasn't in found in the commission of a crime, or some other aggravating circumstance. No other criminal record. He's the poster child for pleading down to a misdemeanor. Hindsight is 20/20. I get that. You know nothing of the thousands of others charged with felony weapons charges, pled down to a misdemeanor, and nothing ever came of it. This feels like an Aha moment only because he went on to commit a crime.

We can't have it both ways. We either want open, unregulated firearm possession, or we can be "tough on crime," and that includes firearm possession. That's "all" his previous misdemeanor charge was. Firearm possession. Something so many of you do, and the only thing he didn't do was file some paperwork. And then he completed his probation. So he was legal, until he wasn't, as people keep pointing out. I can't find anything that says he couldn't possess this firearm after his probation ended. This is the problem. Everyone is legal until they commit the crime. This is what we asked for in this country. This is gun culture. [/quote]

If he was in Texas when sitting on that porch, he would not have been charged with anything. Permit-less concealed carry is legal in Texas, absent any circumstances that would have prevented him from owning a firearm.

So yeah, it’s no wonder they let him plead down. If he was in lots of other states, there would not have even been a crime![/quote]

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