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« Dave & Susan Caplan on common law self defense | Main | Another head's up for Californians »

Probation for gang shooting

Posted by David Hardy · 29 August 2006 03:09 PM

A 16 yr old shoots at a car because he thinks it has gang members in it (I'd assume he was a gang member himself)... and gets probation.

Not that I'm on a soapbox about sentencing -- the primary effect of "get tough on crime" is to motivate each session of a legislature to up the penalties, to where sentences often exceed anything that is reasonable, and things that should be misdemeanors get classed as felonies. But probation for an apparently gang-related attempted homicide is out of line.

· Crime and statistics

2 Comments

Bob 1942 | August 29, 2006 8:03 PM

How do the laws concerning using a firearm during a crime apply here?

BobG | August 30, 2006 9:58 AM

And some jackass will try to use it for more gun control laws. As long as we have judges like that, what good are laws?