Also..

the vast majority of people are sentenced to far less than four years.

Why?

Why are so many arguments for this bill containing passing reference to a serious issue with our justice system as if thats the ok state of affairs.

Its entirely undemocratic. If I asked this city what the sentence should be for a violent felon who has a gun on them illegally the answer wouldnt be “the vast majority should be sentenced to far less than 4 years”

Its a scandal whats happening in our courts and its a scandal that people are silent on it.

While seemingly well aware of the state of the courts when discussibg the reductions in sentences proposed in this bill.

We might start with simply arresting the handful of shitbirds regularly dealing drugs at green line stations

How exactly would this work? A security guard at every metro station entrance? A long-ass security line to get on the metro? You want me to take my shoes off too? What about bringing a stroller, or a bike, or my laptop to work, how exactly do you expect that to work? Or did you even think about it for more than two seconds?

What difference would that even make? There’s no way Congress would let Metro ban guns

Completely impractical.

Whatever happened to bag checks, anyway?

Clearly, bad ☕️

It’s better when you understand the arguments being presented… avoids you presenting counter arguments to straw men created for you by the media and pundits.

My comment made no mention to Graves being against the terms proposed for felons with a gun.

Read my link… he was against the classification of unauthorized which would make it easier for criminals to legally own a gun.

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2023/03/06/1161417340/20-spots-to-see-cherry-blossoms-that-a-r-e-n-t-the-tidal-basin

Early bird gets the worm!!

At this point whatever. No one seems to really care

0730?! Who is shooting in the morning?!

Didnt get his daily hug and had a temporary lapse in judgement. No harm no foul.

Probably paid their fare and has no previous criminal record.

Metro should have metal detectors

Possession was reduced because it's a possession crime, not a violent one:

> One change that’s drawn outsized attention is a reduction in the maximum penalty for being a “felon in possession”—that is, possessing a gun when you have a prior felony conviction. The RCCA drops the max for the charge from 15 years to four, for several reasons. First, being a felon in possession is not a crime of violence. It applies when an individual merely owns a gun, even if it’s sitting unused in their closet. If they ever carry or use it, the penalties shoot up dramatically. Second, no court hands down a 15-year sentence for possession alone, because it’s wildly disproportionate to the offense; the vast majority of people are sentenced to far less than four years.

> It was this bill or nothing for years,

No. It would have been extremely easy to modify or remove the few provisions that people didn't like and pass a completely non controversial bill. And that option is still available!

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

Yes, that was very clear.

As a member of the Exotic Scold community, I must lodge my extraordinary approval of the congressional veto to protect our scolding from being legal for the untrained and uneducated masses.

ICLS is amazing

You can’t make me use my eyes.

Agree, mate.

I'm sure there are many non-controversial aspects of the bill that can be split off and passed.

After what happened re: Bowser being blocked from the floor back in January, it was insanity to send this up in the current form. Looking backwards and calling party leadership "naive" as one of the nicer terms, ain't it either. So odd for politicians to not see reading the room as an aspect of their jobs.

Same with running the city with a balanced budget. With schools facing cuts and everyone wanting to invest in root causes and kids, why focus on free bus fare when tradeoffs need to be made? They all act more like people at a think tank or uni than legislators.

And the sense of self importance is vast, when they are just one city council of tens of thousands of them in US.

Can't go back and undo it so best to move forward in a smart and strategic way.

Bean juice is a crime and belongs in the fertilizer section.

Long gone, sorry.

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

anything republicans can politicize is paused, practically guaranteed.

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

Absolutely right, the council is not blameless in this. They took too long fucking around, now we're finding out.

I completely agree and add that I lived here for like 5 years before I realized that the Japanese magnolias are not in fact cherry blossoms