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From: fran@cbscc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Well, actually... - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 6-Sep-83 22:47:48 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  6 22:47:48 1983
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No, the fact that the criminal did not register the illegal
gun simply gives the prosecutor one more book to throw.  Use
of an illegal gun in the act of a felony is often given
a harder sentence than the felony itself might get.  Sort
of a double jeapardy operation.
					Frank Webb
					The unruffled sage