Re:At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
by throwaway0a5e on Saturday August 27, 2022 @03:37PM
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Are there are lot of people in prison for illegal gun possession / dealing?
Yes. Tons of petty criminals and low level nonviolent felons are behind bars because whatever they were doing it they did it while packing heat or had a gun in their possession when their door got kicked in.
Packing while committing some other crime is a felony by itself in many places and in the case of federal crimes (e.g. drug trafficking) a multiplicative effect on your max sentence and raises the minimum by a ton. Many/most states also have laws that copy the federal law.
This is why why drug dealers who've made it big pay someone else to pack for them and/or store their product as soon as their business can support that.
Yes. Tons of petty criminals and low level nonviolent felons are behind bars because whatever they were doing it they did it while packing heat or had a gun in their possession when their door got kicked in.
Packing while committing some other crime is a felony by itself in many places and in the case of federal crimes (e.g. drug trafficking) a multiplicative effect on your max sentence and raises the minimum by a ton. Many/most states also have laws that copy the federal law.
This is why why drug dealers who've made it big pay someone else to pack for them and/or store their product as soon as their business can support that.