Dems want to eliminate gun crime mininum sentances

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Democrats introduce bill to eliminate mandatory minimums for gun crimes - AlphaNews

Two left-wing Democrats have introduced legislation to eliminate mandatory minimum prison sentences for crimes in which firearms were brandished, displayed, used to threaten, or otherwise employed.

Rep. Cedrick Fraizer, D-New Hope, and Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, D-Minneapolis, introduced HF 4277 last month.

Under current law, anyone who commits certain crimes while brandishing or using a firearm is subject to a criminal charge that, if convicted, will result in their imprisonment for at least three years. Any repeat offenders are subject to a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison.

Frazier and Mohamed’s bill would strip these mandatory minimum sentences out of state law. Furthermore, HF 4277 would establish a so-called “Task Force on Mandatory Minimum Sentences.”.....
...Throughout the 93rd Session of the Minnesota Legislature, Rep. Fraizer has supported a variety of gun control bills. In 2023, the New Hope legislator supported legislation to establish a “Red Flag” law and universal background checks in Minnesota....

...Several members of the Minnesota House of Representatives have expressed outrage that Democrats would simultaneously push to increase gun control on law-abiding Minnesotans while lightening sentences for gun-toting criminals.

Rep. Pam Altendorf, R-Red Wing, lambasted HF 4277 in a social media post on X. Ostensibly referring to supporters of the bill, Rep. Altendorf said, “These people are radicals, Marxists who want to control the public NOT reduce crime!”

“If you truly care about eliminating gun violence, why in the hell would you want to reduce penalties for violent criminals who use a gun to commit a crime?” said Rep. Elliott Engen, R-White Bear Township, regarding HF 4277. “Utter insanity.”

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Would the penalties for breaking the gun control laws be as lenient?

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What is the point of this when prosecutors routinely drop gun charges in plea negotiations?

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What is the point of this when prosecutors routinely drop gun charges in plea negotiations?

I suspect certain groups will see it as an attempt at much needed - social justice, racial equity, or gettin' over on the man; whatever the idiom du jour.