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The Bartley-Fox Law was co-sponsored by, and named after, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives David M. Bartley and retired judge J. John Fox. [1] [2] The text mandates a one-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of possession of a firearm without a license in the state of Massachusetts, [3] [4] and added two years to the sentence of anyone convicted of committing a crime ...
Simple possession - The strictest of standards, some weapons are prohibited from any form of private ownership at all, even if kept in one's dwelling under secure conditions (such as a safe). Typically, this covers military devices, such as bombs, artillery, machine guns, nuclear devices and chemical weapons.
Project Exile is a federal program started in Richmond, Virginia, in 1997.Project Exile shifted the prosecution of illegal technical gun possession offenses to federal court, where they carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison under the federal Gun Control Act of 1968, rather than in state court.
A New York man characterized as a leader of the Pagans motorcycle gang was sentenced to 33 months, or more than two and a half years, in prison on Thursday for illegal gun possession. The U.S ...
A single charge of illegal gun possession under 18 USC 922(g)(3) ... Joe Biden nevertheless argues that his son did not deserve a prison sentence for illegally obtaining a firearm.
Former Airmont Deputy Mayor Brian Downey sentenced to a year in the county jail on federal and state convictions for illegal possession of weapons.
The ACCA has been through numerous revisions in Congress and has evolved considerably since its passage in 1984. [4]The ACCA was originally included with the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 sponsored by the Reagan Administration [5] and enhanced the penalties for possession of firearms under the Gun Control Act for felons who had been convicted three times of robbery or burglary.
Ja Rule stayed at the MDC Brooklyn for a brief time before being released after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession.Most of his prison time was spent in a state prison ...