If you're right should have gotten it to the Hill before the election.

Also if you are right, do you anticipate a 4 year break from any legislation?

The existing laws are not the reason there are so many no papered, under charged and plead down cases. That would be the USAO and AG. And if there are reasons they cannot bring solid cases, those need to be addressed. Always most useful to focus on the things you CAN control.

After what Congress did re; Bowser, was foolish to think anything different would happen to bill in current form. So, after the Congresswoman was mugged, chose that particular time, while bill was pending, for Cuba resolution. They can learn quick or slow, slow seems to be what they have picked for now.

Haha no! That would make me go over the edge given how $$$ it is

Oh yes good idea! It’s a long black wool coat from the store &otherstories

There aren’t enough allies on the hill for the council to do anything. A progressive council will never get a bill past a Republican congress if republicans can just lie about what’s in the bill to get bipartisan agreement to kill it.

It was this bill or nothing for years, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.

Doesn’t matter, they will be the same people posting the “everyone feels unsafe, right?!” comments.

There will never be a moment of introspection 5 years from now when we have the same criminal statutes and no change in crime rate because they just taught congressional republicans that yelling about crime is a winning tactic, with congressional dems dumb enough to follow along.

Hey try to add a photo of it or description?

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Well for example USAO Graves pointed to significant flaws in the handling of firearms in the bill which would lead to less prosecution of felons with guns.

The recidivism rate of that group is higher (ie they commit lots of crime) so… that’s one point.

https://www.scribd.com/document/607771678/RCCA-USA-Graves-Letter-Re-Pinto-Amendment-11-15-22

So what’s smart and strategic?

Was it a Canada goose? Those things are in demand amongst thieves

I was quoting Bowser.

Time to move on from the past week. .

Hey, now’s your chance to show that critics of the bill are well informed. You could point to something specific and data supporting your claim that it’ll make crime worse.

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the point of the proposed bill wasn’t to reduce crime!

On this we are in complete agreement

“They” did huh.

When they knowingly make false statements about the bill, it’s pretty clear what their goal is. The question is just when they’ll come out and actually say it.

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The point of the proposed bill wasn’t to reduce crime! Pretty easy to understand unless your goal is to mischaracterize the bill’s position…

No… they just don’t believe the proposed bill helps reduce crime.

Pretty easy to understand unless your goal is to mischaracterize their position.

Here's the thing to the people complaining about the crime reform bill because "crime is out of control": if you think crime is out of control now, that's under current law, so by killing the crime reform bill, you're literally supporting the very same laws that you think are currently causing crime to be "out of control".

If a 40-year maximum sentence doesn't deter car-jacking, are you asking for life in prison for carjacking? It's just a ridiculous, poorly reasoned attack on the reform act.

Massive own goal.

What’s smart and strategic?

Or you could read the labels of the things you buy.

You be careful with that now, we don’t want to get into asymmetric gardening here

Glad I could help

Can we use the fake milk law against whole foods for keeping soy milk in the same section as my moo cow fuck milk