Sentences with phrase «gun possession»

Adding laws restricting gun possession does not prevent criminals who choose not to follow laws.

Defendant found not guilty at jury trial on gun possession charge although his fingerprint was found on the trigger of the handgun.

Cuomo also called for tougher penalties for illegal gun possession charges to make it harder for the mentally ill to acquire firearms, to ban direct ammunition sales over the Internet and to require a background check for large ammunition purchases.

A prison support group has started an online petition calling on Cuomo to grant clemency to Barbara Sheehan, the Queens woman serving a five - year sentence for gun possession in the fatal shooting of her ex-cop husband.

It also enacted stiffer penalties for illegal gun possession and required mental health professionals to report patients to law enforcement authorities if they think the patients might harm themselves or others with a weapon.

When the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller in June, striking down a ban on gun possession in D.C., a team at West went to work to get this landmark case loaded to Westlaw, complete with the insight and analysis that is critical to legal researchers.

Bans on gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence also have resulted in a reduction in deaths among women by their partners.

As Berman (and others) point out, recognition of gun possession as a fundamental right doesn't automatically invalidate gun control laws.

Gun control advocate Dwayne Ferguson is facing two felony charges of criminal gun possession after being discovered in possession of a holstered firearm during a lockdown at Harvey Austin Elementary School.

A pre-trial restriction barring gun possession might not have turned up on a background check for a gun buyer — risk protection orders do.

For example, some claim to have discovered the essence of the Constitution in doctrines that raise individual gun possession above the powers of the national government.

So, in the US those who are advocating it, being more left - wing, would be called «liberals» while in Europe and the rest of the world, liberals would be those who calls for free civil gun possession.

Kavanagh, Carnright said, is assigned to cases involving serious crimes with am emphasis of violent offenses including gun possession and robbery.

Graves, 39, was arrested on a felony gun possession charge when she approached police at the World Trade Center site and asked where she could check in her weapon.

Based on these data, Wintemute proposes a temporary ban on gun possession among individuals who have had, in the past five years, two or more convictions for DUI or another crime that indicates alcohol abuse.

The law, known as the Gun - Free School Zones Act, was struck down last fall by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which said that Congress exceeded its authority under the commerce clause of the Constitution when it made gun possession near public or private schools a federal offense.

This past January, Midland, Texas resident Jesus Vela was exonerated on a false gun possession conviction.

As some may recall (and as detailed in posts here and here), Cavera is the fascinating case in which Judge Sifton decided to enhance a sentence above the guideline range in a gun case because he viewed gun possession in urban spots like NYC to be especially bad.

Whether a person is «in possession» of a thing is an important legal issue in many different kinds of criminal law cases, including criminal drug possession cases, criminal gun possession cases, certain sex crime cases such as child pornography and computer crime - related cases, possession of stolen property or receiving stolen property cases.

Gunpowder Residue - Once the smoke clears from Heller, Professor Doug Berman reminds us of the implications for felon gun possession prosecutions.

Indeed, a Chicago Sun - Times examination found wide disparities in how often Cook County judges put people behind bars for gun possession before mandatory minimum sentences fully took effect in early 2011.

He wrote an op - ed column threatening that it would lead to a «flurry of litigation in which criminal defendants will challenge the constitutionality of current criminal laws regulating gun possession.»

The law, known as the SAFE Act, expanded the state's ban on purchasing new assault weapons, established more comprehensive background checks for gun and ammunition purchases, and toughened laws against illegal gun possession.

New findings are providing a sound evidence base for policy - making and, among other contributions, have helped demonstrate efficacy in three important domains of gun policy: add - on sentences for gun use in violent crime, bans on gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence, and restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public.

Sharpton said authorities told him not to talk to Orta, who was later arrested on gun possession charges, because he would be at risk of tampering with a witness.

Their view is, apparently, that legislatures are quite constitutionally limited in their power to restrict gun possession, but police are not very constitutionally limited in their power to search anyone who might be in possession of a gun.

George, the prohibition of gun possession is a condition of the original judgment, regardless of whether the person is on a formalized supervised probation or not.

«Our communities must join forces with the New York Police Department to crack down on gun possession, get illegal weapons off the streets and spread the message that this kind of criminal activity has no place in our city,» Stringer said.

13 Illinois «note from your parents» requirement for gun possession by 18 - to -20-year-olds upheld by district court

He had links to local gangs as a teenager, with his older brother jailed for gun possession, and was not known as religious until he was introduced to a radical preacher.

We hear too much about the negatives in sports — a brawl on the basketball court, spitting on an opposing player, DUIs, drugs or gun possession — and not nearly enough about the kind and caring things athletes do.

Rapper Ja Rule, who's doing time on a gun possession charge, is buddies with former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, whom he calls «Hevey D.» At a different facility, Ja Rule played cards and basketball with Hevesi's former political guru, Hank Morris.

It also bans high - capacity magazines, requires federal background checks on private gun sales and imposes felony penalties for illegal gun possession.

The SAFE Act made more rifles subject to a state ban on assault weapons, increased sentences for illegal gun possession and required mental health officials to report safety concerns about any patients with access to guns.

The Brooklyn District Attorney's office charged nine members of the Loot Gang, which operated out of the Ocean Hill Houses in Cypress Hills, in a 69 - count indictment for murder, attempted murder, gang assault, gun possession, conspiracy and other crimes.

Graves» arrest sparked controversy because despite having a permit to carry the.32 caliber gun in Tennessee and asking to check the weapon at the entrance to the memorial, seemingly unaware that her permit was not valid in New York, she was hit with a gun possession charge that carries a lengthy jail term.

The law broadened the definition of banned assault weapons, increased penalties for illegal gun possession, reduced public access to gun permit information and required mental health professionals to report concerns about a gun - owning patient who posed a risk of harming himself or others.

For the most part, students at CPS - run schools can get expelled only for serious problems like drugs or gun possession.

These positions do not conflict as a matter of logic, but they make for a strange relationship between government power, gun possession and individual liberty.

If you've been charged with gun possession, contact the Hartford, Connecticut gun possession defense lawyers of Rome McGuigan, P.C., at 860-560-8037 or toll free at 866-558-6182.

Last Friday, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in McDonald v. Chicago, the city, anticipating that the ruling was the death knell for Chicago's restrictive handgun ordinance, enacted a new ordinance that, while still strict, was less akin to an «outright ban» on gun possession.

A survey of reported cases since Nur was released indicates the gun possession sentences are normally at the level of the previously enacted mandatory minimums, or higher.