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« on: November 17, 2023, 11:05:21 am »
Chicago armed robber allowed to walk free after judge rules it unconstitutional to ban felons from owning guns
By Social Links forMelissa Koenig
Published Nov. 16, 2023, 10:42 a.m. ET
 
 
A five-time convicted felon facing a mandatory 15-year prison sentence for his latest weapons offense in Chicago was instead allowed to walk free — because a federal judge ruled it unconstitutional to bar criminals from owning guns.

Glen Prince, 37, already had three armed robberies and aggravated battery of a police officer on his record when he was arrested for robbing three men on a Chicago train in September 2021, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Police found him with cocaine, a stolen credit card, several bullets, and a fully loaded Smith & Wesson, despite a federal law banning convicted felons from owning guns.

But his case was dismissed earlier this month by federal Judge Robert Gettleman, who ruled that laws prohibiting felons from owning guns violate Second Amendment rights, citing a landmark Supreme Court decision last year.

The judge readily admitted that “violence plagues our communities and that allowing those who potentially pose a threat to the orderly functioning of society to be armed is a dangerous precedent.”

https://nypost.com/2023/11/16/news/chicago-judge-lets-five-time-convicted-felon-walk-free/
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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2023, 11:07:01 am »
And people wonder why Chicago's crime rate is out of control? :banghead:
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Re: Chicago armed robber allowed to walk free after judge rules it unconstitutional to ban felons fr
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2023, 12:11:54 pm »
Ah, what about charges for armed robbery, cocaine posession, and credit card fraud?  Having a gun wasn't the only aleged crime he committed that day.

In Chicago, is armed robbery no longer prosecuted by Social Justice Warriors?
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« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2023, 12:16:07 pm »
Forget it Jake, its a liberal hellhole.
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2023, 08:49:29 pm »
Quote from: rangerrebew on November 17, 2023, 11:07:01 am
And people wonder why Chicago's crime rate is out of control? :banghead:

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