The decrease in prosecutions were brought up in the NRA news conference thats taking place currently. Its a good point to bring up.
Nothing new here.
Not trying to sound snippy but this same point(decrease in prosecutions) has been screamed for years by pro as well as anti-gun orgs. and will continue to be screamed for years to come.
Of course IMO, the motive for both sides screaming the same thing is different.
The anti's don't want guns allowed period whereas the pro-gun people have been screaming cause we could see the handwriting on the wall.
Just one example of how laws have been and are enforced 'differently' or 'decreased in prosecution': (note, I will not name names nor specific places involved for obvious reasons)...
...we have counties in some Southern states in which illegal immigrants are treated differently when stopped in a car for a traffic infraction versus if the person/persons stopped were a citizen.
If an LEO of one of these counties pulls over a car load of illegal immigrants for an infraction and finds out the operator has no license, no insurance and a gun under the front seat, order of business is to write a warning citation for no ops., confiscate the gun and send them on their way.
Why?
Cause that has been the directive given to the LEO by the Sheriff or Chief of Police in that jurisdiction due to budget constraints.
Taking into consideration the amount of time that officer would have invested in one minor traffic stop if he/she were to call and wait on Immigration, all the paperwork, and
God forbid have to aid in processing minor children(a separate dept. within the Immigration Dept.) that may be in the car...the officer's total shift may be consumed in one minor stop.
This procedure is just one small example and is not ordinarily publicized. But happens regularly in counties with a high populace of illegal immigrants.
Plea bargaining is another area.
Local cops bust a drug house and in the process confiscate guns. The gun charges are often used as a huge bargaining chip trying to get more info. on who the drug dealers supplier is. There's a recent incident here in Ohio in which a felon's house was raided by local LE for dealing drugs. Drugs and 7 guns were confiscated. Felon drug dealer arrested.
Long story short, as it stands right now, after about 1 1/2 mos. behind bars, a lot of questioning of the drug dealer which resulted in 15 more arrests, the dealer has posted bond, is out on the street awaiting court on drug charges.
No gun charges mentioned.
It's a very naive person to think the additional gun charges and the mandatory time this POS was facing wasn't used against him during his interrogation.
Again, whether anti or pro-gun people feel this kind of plea bargaining is right or wrong, really doesn't matter cause it's done everyday and will continue no matter what new gun laws are made.
