re: #56 goddamnedfrank

She absolutely should have gotten real jail time, a felony conviction and never be allowed to own a gun again, ever. I’m certain I own more guns than even most gun nuts do and I don’t give a fuck if a harsher sentence would have cast her as more of a martyr in their eyes.

I respectfully disagree. Her bad actions merited the punishment you propose, but I maintain that the lesser sentence served the greater good. She would not have pleaded out had she faced the sentence you would have imposed and had a juror or two decided to nullify then the result would have been an affirmation of this crackpot’s actions. Moreover, making martyrs out of this sort of nut creates the risk of other such nuts popping off and attacking law enforcement and other perceived enemies.

Punishing the malefactor in such a way as to take away her ability to lawfully carry a gun sends the needed message at low risk. Ammosexuals in the Wolverine State have been put on notice that firing when not facing a deadly threat means they will lose their phallus boosters.