Originally Posted by Jim in Idaho
Sure you want to go down that road?

I want to put you in jail but you're not doing anything that's currently illegal enough to do so. I know, I'll make up a new crime.

Hypothetical situation: I'm a voter but I hate guns and the people who own them. Guns are a scourge on society. You own a gun but I can't get rid of you for society's sake and I really am thinking of society's sake here. I know, let's tie gun ownership with something else that isn't very serious right now.

Have a gun in your possession when you're caught going 5 mph over the speed limit? Automatic 10 year sentence.


I can think of other ways to just make up new crimes which I can use to throw your ass in jail if you want me to.


I appreciate what you're saying but we're talking about drugs not guns. Here's another thing. It's about current laws not hypothetical changes in law.

Obviously this is a BS "crime" and I agree with you... Have a gun in your possession when you're caught going 5 mph over the speed limit? Automatic 10 year sentence.


All I can say is ... Has there ever been anyone sent to prison for ten years for a 5 mph over the speed limit ticket? I don't think so?