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  • Hawaii state Senator Joy Buenaventura, who is typically a supporter of gun control measures, said the bill would criminalize existing owners of assault rifles, per Hawaii News Now.

    She said: “Now, by their mere possession, because we decide to pass this bill, we decide to label them as criminals and that to me, it’s unethical and should not be tolerated by this body.”

    However, Senate Judiciary chair Karl Rhoads disagreed with this take on the bill saying it allowed for “grandfathering.”

    Sooo… which is it?

    But yeah. Obviously America should do this.


  • The point being that you can’t be tried for the same crime by different courts at the same time, one court has to take precedence and run the full process to its conclusion. Also the “Not Guilty” plea isn’t to say he didn’t commit a crime but that they won’t admit “Guilty” to what has been proposed as the crime(s) and then be instantly hit with whatever the prosecution wants, i.e. death penalty. The process needs to play out legitimately, and will likely lead to conviction but of crime(s) and with a sentence that is more acceptable to the defence.

    If you shoplifted and then are charged with a laundry list of crimes in addition to and more severe than theft, that would result in vastly more severe consequences, you’re probably not going to put in a “Guilty” plea for that list.