Posted on 03/16/2019 5:16:28 AM PDT by marktwain
A Chinese man inherited some ammunition from his father, who had been in the military. Rather than turn them in, he kept them as a remembrance of his father. Through a set of unfortunate circumstances, the cartridges were thrown in the trash by a former landlord. They were found and traced back to the man, who was sentenced to a year in jail. From shine.cn
A man was sentenced to one year in jail for unlawful ammunition possession after he kept a box of more than 400 bullets left by his late father, who used to be a soldier, prosecutors in Qingpu District said.
Under Chinese law, one should be given a criminal penalty if he or she illegally owns more than 20 military bullets, 1,000 pellets for air guns or 200 non-military bullets.
When I started researching Chinese gun laws, I expected severe restrictions and draconian penalties, starting from the Chinese Communist takeover in 1948. I was surprised by facts that did not meet my preconceptions. Yes, guns are strictly controlled in China. Yes, there are penalties. Most people who are found to have illegal guns or ammunition are not jailed or executed. They are detained for a few days and fined a week or two worth of wages. If you are selling guns, the penalties are more severe.
The other side of the story is guns are increasingly popular in China. There is a thriving black market in many types of guns. Consider the excerpt above. A criminal penalty is only exacted if more than 200 non-military cartridges
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Sort of like New York City, or maybe Chicago.
So having under 20 bullets isn’t against the law? Hmm.
Anyway, quick story.
Grandfather was a mafioso, on mom’s side.
He got arrested for having a gun and was back home the same day.
Under the Sullivan Act of 1911, carrying unlicensed was a felony.
He didn’t even have to appear in court after that day.
The law certainly does apply differently.
It was the 1930s when this happened, but it’s amazing how some things don’t change much over time.
Correct. In China, everything is checked by bribe.
I seem to recall a National Geographic episode on the rural Chinese sometime before the clintoons were in power and there were scenes of peasant farmers squatting around a fire heating up water to cook rice or yak testicles or whatever it was they ate and even the some of the women had AKs and SKSs slung over their shoulders.
The tolerance of peasants carrying guns in the boondocks is pretty universal.
The local law recognizes the threat of four footed predators in the green jungle.
They never recognize the threat of two footed predators in the concrete jungle.
Professional courtesy, I guess...
Chicom laws are the blueprint for what the American left WILL institute when they get power to do so.
Totalitarian dictatorships generally are safe places with low crime.”Criminals” (no matter how defined) are not tolerated. Freedom does bring risks, but it is worth it.
Yes, low in crime, if you get to set the rules and don’t count enslaving the entire population, and applying Tiananmen Square levels of force to keep the people enslaved as a crimes, low crime.
“They never recognize the threat of two footed predators in the concrete jungle.”
The ruling class doesn’t want armed subject too close to where they actually live.
That too...
Much of the “low crime” rates come from who does the counting and keeping of statistics.
The penalty for such an “offense” in Britain is much more severe.
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