Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (237680)	11/13/2013 3:41:26 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541761

Yesterday that Supreme Court of Ontario, Canada deemed mandatory minimum gun sentences as unconstitutional...may be we should join Canada. The court found a three-year prison sentence to be "cruel and unusual punishment" for a first offence. The problem, the court says, is that the current law does not discriminate. For example, a person keeping a restricted firearm with ammunition in their cottage when their licence requires it to be stored in their home would face the same minimum sentence as a person on the street with a loaded gun in a back pocket and the intent to use it. The court says the ruling has no significant effect on sentences for people engaged in criminal conduct or who pose a danger to others, saying they should continue to receive sentences to emphasize deterrence and denunciation.