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General Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: changemyoil66 on January 30, 2023, 09:23:41 AM
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/01/27/hawaii-news/waipahu-man-pleads-guilty-after-14-homemade-firearms-found/
So he was arrested and they found P80's that were unregistered. The AG stated p80/ghost guns are a problem. Yet he wasn't charged by feds or state for this crime. Instead he was charged and pleaded guilty with a drug user in possession of ammo.
States/fed know their P80 case is weak and will set precedent for all future cases of this type.
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https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/01/27/hawaii-news/waipahu-man-pleads-guilty-after-14-homemade-firearms-found/
So he was arrested and they found P80's that were unregistered. The AG stated p80/ghost guns are a problem. Yet he wasn't charged by feds or state for this crime. Instead he was charged and pleaded guilty with a drug user in possession of ammo.
States/fed know their P80 case is weak and will set precedent for all future cases of this type.
I'm not a lawyer (my scruples are still intact), but I'd guess the arrestee was offered a reduced charge if they would plea guilty -- likely a misdemeanor. It's routine to use a felony charge as leverage to obtain a plea deal and avoid having to go through a trial.
Just guessing, but I think that's more likely than a concerted effort to avoid the risk of an unfavorable verdict for a questionable law.
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Just guessing, but I think that's more likely than a concerted effort to avoid the risk of an unfavorable verdict for a questionable law.
*makes pointing to nose gesture like in charades.