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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (403235)	1/10/2011 3:36:17 PM
From: DMaA	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793964

Jiminny: Judge sentences Tom DeLay to 3 years in prison AUSTIN, Texas -- A judge ordered U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to serve three years in prison Monday for his role in a scheme to illegally funnel corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. . . . The former Houston-area congressman had faced up to life in prison. His attorneys asked for probation. washingtonpost.com I had no idea he was in this much jeopardy.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (403235)	1/10/2011 3:46:42 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

From Wiki... "The Brady Act requires that background checks be conducted on individuals before a firearm may be purchased from a federally licensed dealer, manufacturer or importer - unless an exception applies. If there are no additional state restrictions, a firearm may be transferred to an individual upon approval by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) maintained by the FBI. In some states, proof of a previous background check can be used to bypass the NICS check. For example, a state-issued concealed carry permit usually includes a background check equivalent to the one required by the Act. Other alternatives to the NICS check include state-issued handgun purchase permits or mandatory state or local background checks. Section 922(g) of the Brady Act prohibits certain persons from shipping or transporting any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing any firearm in or affecting commerce. These prohibitions apply to any person who: 1.Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; 2.Is a fugitive from justice; 3.Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; 4.Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution; 5.Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States; 6.Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; 7.Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S. citizenship; 8.Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner, or; 9.Has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence."