The Justice Department is appealing the length of prison sentences for four Proud Boys leaders convicted of seditious conspiracy in the U.S. Capitol attack, challenging punishments that were significantly shorter than what prosecutors had recommended, according to court filings on Monday.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly sentenced former Proud Boys national leader Enrique Tarrio and three lieutenants to prison terms ranging from 15 to 22 years after a jury convicted them in May of plotting to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.
Tarrio’s 22-year sentence is the longest so far among hundreds of criminal cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, but prosecutors had sought 33 years behind bars for the Miami man.
I dunno, it’s not just the length of the prison sentences. As felons, they now have a lifetime ban on firearms which is going to hurt them more, personally, than the prison time.
And you know the minute they get out, they’re going to ignore that and instantly get tapped with felon in possession and go right back in again.
I dunno, I’m still pretty sure 16+ years of imprisonment would be worse in their opinions than not being able to legally buy guns.
Losing decades of your life, missing births, weddings, funerals, your own personal relationships and financial gain isnt gonna hurt as much as owning a boom-boom?
I just downright don’t get gun people…
Because it’s not true. No one would trade half a year in jail for their gun rights. The idea is a cute little meme to make gun owners seem utterly unhinged.
COLD.
DEAD.
HANDS.
Does not say anything about “unless I’ll go to prison” - just that they’d die for their guns. I believe people when they tell me what they’re about.
Ah! So you know a lot of guns owners, maybe you’re into shooting as well?
No, you’re not. You’re an angry teenager spouting a geriatric actor’s slogan from an NRA conference 23-years ago.
I stay the fuck away from conservative shooters, both IRL and online, but still, no one uses that rhetoric any longer. I’m in a seriously conservative part of Florida, and not a soul at the private gun range so much as sports a political car sticker, let alone a target, let alone a generic silhouette target.
Your next post will be a Google search of a truck with that bumper sticker on it. Do it. I’ll post a nutty liberal sticker in response and, like you, say, “SEE! They’re ALL like this!”
Liberals: “It’s not fair to lump people together!”
Also liberals: “Unless I don’t like them.”
How conservative of you.
They’re still gonna own guns, will just do so illegally. I’ve known a couple felons who have guns illegally. They’re not gonna let a ban get in their way of owning tons of guns.
They will however screech about how unfair it is when they get caught.
“No no, those arent my 37 firearms, those belong to my wife. Of course, she has the key for the safes, which means I don’t have constructive possession of them”