Schenectady is getting $53 million in coronavirus aid but has no plan to spend it
timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Debate over funding to transform former Schenectady school
timesunion.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from timesunion.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AP Photo/Wilson Ring
Criminal gun possession can be a real problem. However, that isn’t automatic, especially in places where it’s virtually impossible for law-abiding citizens to carry a gun lawfully. Many will figure it’s better to break one law and be able to protect themselves than to follow the law and end up murdered for their trouble.
The only “better to be tried by 12 than carried by six” thing.
However, a city councilwoman in Schenectady, New York has other thoughts. In fact, she thinks the mandatory minimum sentence for it should be steep.
A member of the City Council wants to up the state minimum for a firearm charge to 10 years as a means of thwarting gun violence in the city and beyond.