On 2020-05-18 5:05 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
> On 5/18/2020 12:44 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2020-05-18 3:14 p.m., Taxed and Spent wrote:
>>> On 5/18/2020 12:09 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I saw my nephew deliver the most wicked punishment ever. His son had
>>>> been told not to eat anything before lunch and he got caught eating
>>>> some
>>>> chips that his uncle had given him.. "That was bad. That was very bad.
>>>> You are going to have to be punished. I am not sure what the punishment
>>>> should be right now so I am going to think of something appropriate for
>>>> a child who disobeyed his parents."Â* The poor kid spent the next couple
>>>> hours dreading what the unknown punishment was going to be. There
>>>> was no
>>>> punishment.... other than that couple hours of dread.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind of like being arrested.Â* But the criminals have it figured out
>>> there will be no real punishment.Â* Now we don't even arrest them
>>> anymore.
>>
>> I guess they have to settle for the inconvenience of have their plans
>> for the evening fall through.Â* I just read about a case of a guy caught
>> smuggling 20 handguns into Canada. The prosecutor was asking for a
>> sentence of 5 years. His lawyer suggested 4 years. The judge gave him
>> 3.5 years. With credit for time served he will be out in 14 months.
>>
>
>
> Now they don't even hold them after arrest.Â* There are guys that were
> five or six times in one evening, being let loose right after each arrest.

It is more than a little frustrating here because of the handgun issue.
Handguns are legal here, but are very strictly limited. You can get a
license to buy one but if you want to shoot with it you have to join a
recognized club to get a permit that will allow you to transport it,
trigger locked an in a locked case between your residence and the club,
nowhere else. There are no concealed or open permits here. You cannot
walk around with a loaded handgun. Yet, places like Toronto see one or
two handgun murders every week, all committed by young gang members who
are apparently unaware that carry a gun around and shooting people is
illegal.

It is amazing how many times these guys get arrested and end also facing
charges for breach of parole, breach of bail conditions, breach of
firearms prohibition.... and they get a bail hearing? One would home
that if a criminal is out on parole or bail and gets picked up for
murder they would go straight back to jail. Instead, they impose even
stricter conditions on the law abiding gun owners.