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Related: About this forumChanges to gang violence laws don't come easy
MOSES LAKE - Thirteenth District lawmakers were overwhelmed with phone calls last week from residents wondering what the Legislature is doing to combat gang violence.
Reps. Matt Manweller and Judy Warnick said they were surprised by the amount of calls following the sheriff's office town hall at the Larson Housing area last week. During the meeting, county Prosecutor Angus Lee discussed bills he proposed to the two lawmakers, which they in turn sponsored at his request.
"I'm sad to say and disappointed to say the Legislature didn't even vote on the bills," Lee said.
Included in the bills, which never received a hearing in either the Public Safety or Judiciary committees, was legislation that would increase penalties for gang members who commit crimes with firearms, would add drive-by shootings to the list of most serious offenses, would add unlawful possession in the first-degree to most serious offenses, and would modify provisions to standard sentences for offenders being sentenced for a criminal street gang-related offense.
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/politics/article_09b57426-a3b9-11e3-8927-0019bb2963f4.html
Reps. Matt Manweller and Judy Warnick said they were surprised by the amount of calls following the sheriff's office town hall at the Larson Housing area last week. During the meeting, county Prosecutor Angus Lee discussed bills he proposed to the two lawmakers, which they in turn sponsored at his request.
"I'm sad to say and disappointed to say the Legislature didn't even vote on the bills," Lee said.
Included in the bills, which never received a hearing in either the Public Safety or Judiciary committees, was legislation that would increase penalties for gang members who commit crimes with firearms, would add drive-by shootings to the list of most serious offenses, would add unlawful possession in the first-degree to most serious offenses, and would modify provisions to standard sentences for offenders being sentenced for a criminal street gang-related offense.
http://www.columbiabasinherald.com/politics/article_09b57426-a3b9-11e3-8927-0019bb2963f4.html
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Changes to gang violence laws don't come easy (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Mar 2014
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Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)1. Screw gang "affiliation," just increase penalties. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)2. I too am curious to know why this bill didn't receive a vote.
It seems to make some interesting points. I'm sure there is room for adjusting a few points but overall it seems it may help.
Straw Man
(6,625 posts)3. Odd.
I don't know any "gun nuts" that oppose stronger penalties for criminal use of firearms. It's not gun control -- it's crime control.