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I just looked it up. In 1970 924(c) was 1 year mandatory and 2 year for subsequent using or carrying a gun during a felony. In 1984 they changed it to 5 years
by guelo 11y ago
I just looked it up.
In 1970 924(c) was 1 year mandatory and 2 year for subsequent using or carrying a gun during a felony.
In 1984 they changed it to 5 years for carrying a gun during a "crime of violence". 20 for subsequent.
In 1986 they added " during a drug trafficking crime ".
In 1998 in addition to use or carry they added "possesses" "in furtherance of any such crime." And they increased the subsequent minimum from 20 to 25.
Note that these were all Republican congresses so i agree that the anti gun theory doesn't really hold that well, it was mostly just "tough on crime" hysteria. The 1986 drug stuff was in response to some basketball player, Len Bias, that died of an overdose.
- hga 11y agoNote that these were all Republican congresses Ummm, the House was held by the Democrats for all the dates you mention except 1998, the Senate for the first two https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_States_Congresses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_divisions_of_United_Stat...). And you're wildly mistaken that party affiliations mapped that closely to official positions on guns till the 1990s, and to this day it's much easier to be an anti-gun Republicans like those now pretty much only found in NY or Illinois than, say, an anti-abortion Democrat.
- gonzo 11y ago> The 1986 drug stuff was in response to some basketball player, Len Bias, that died of an overdose. Some of us were already adults when that occurred. Fuck you, Nancy Reagan.