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Originally Posted by MTI
The devil is in the details in past implementation of mandatory enhanced sentencing. In some jurisdictions, the mandatory sentencing was subject to judicial manipulation by undercutting the primary sentence to compensate for the mandatory enhancement. Also, as you mention, where the primary sentence was already longer than the mandatory enhancement by several factors, it was no longer a social deterrent.
Actually, mass shooters are such a small percentage of killers that the goal of lawmakers is to go after the more pedestrian users of firearms in crime.
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That's not what I mean. I mean if the mandatory sentence for gun crimes approaches the one for killing someone, it might make an armed robber more likely to shoot witnesse -- the difference in potential prison time is small, but the chances of getting off scot-free are increased.