4 ms·

> the real reason [...] is the war on guns. That's not so clear (to me, at least). Those outrageous 25-year sentences are specifically for having a gun during

• tbrownaw 11y ago
  "Officers later searched his home and found a gun." .... "and another 25 years for a third firearms charge, the gun police found in his home." That's not one he had during the transactions. Unless all three are the same one? The article doesn't seem to have anything that rules that out.
  • areyousure 11y ago
    According to the link to the opinion https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/9733 https://h2o.law.harvard.edu/collages/9733 found in this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070928 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11070928 , the gun summary appears to be the following: "[Count #1:] ... observed Mr. Angelos' Glock pistol by the center console of his car. [Count #2:] .... Mr. Angelos lifted his pant leg to show him the Glock in an ankle holster.... [Count #3:] The search revealed a briefcase which contained ... a handgun .... also recovered two other guns in a locked safe, one of which was confirmed as stolen. .... two more guns ..." In short, five guns were found under Angelos's control. The two possessed during transactions are perhaps the same, but may or may not be one of the three found in his home. I believe the sentence "Officers later searched his home and found a gun." from the original article is misleading; officers found three. In any case, the government charged Angelos with five §924(c) counts: two counts for the one during transactions, one count for the three guns found at his home, and two more counts for the two guns found at his girlfriend's. The jury found him not guilty of the last two counts.