[The_Republican]

I am NOT AT ALL Heart Broken.

There is a reason the CRIME RATE is at 30 or is it 60 year lows.

If one of those drug sales where this guy took his guns, has gone bad, how long would it have taken for him to kill someone else or get killed himself.

This is what these laws are for. You have 3 chances, and if you are too retarted to not stop, you deserve to sit in jail cell for rest of your life.

His age doesn't matter, his crimes do.

[Mercat]

My dear dear oldest child is an alcoholic. He is in recovery. It may take him another course of treatment to recover but right now he's doing well... Today he's doing well. Thank God he has no children. Even when he was in the deepest part of his disease though, he would not have endangered anyone nor owned guns nor sold drugs. Hard to understand.

[vollmond]

How much did the case cost to prosecute? The guy was guilty, was offered a deal to serve less time, but gambled and lost. I think he deserved a harsher penalty (and got it) for wasting the public's time and money.

I think what really happened here was he did not receive good counsel. His case was hijacked by his lawyers for the purpose of challenging mandatory minimum sentencing. It was win-win for his lawyers - they would either win the case or get a poster child.