Democrats sharply disagree with each other over whether violent crime in the nation’s capital should be punished less or more. That’s not the same as saying they don’t know what they want. If you assume that each of them is acting from self-interest rather than for the public good, all the fog evaporates to reveal remarkable consistency.
we have allowed this to become yet another pointless political battle. the numbers in florida as the whole nation knows are out of control, and what we need to do is practice whatever safety measures we have to get this virus under control including getting everybody as many people as we can. your opponent marco rubio happens to be in iowa. meanwhile he likes to talk tough about international terrorism, but there s a group incredibly dangerous you and i both know a lot about called the proud boys. he just got convicted of a crime in washington, d.c. for ripping down black lives matter signs
see in cases is judges who impose very lenient sentences against white collar defendants. and, you know, the sentencing guidelines are based on real data that the u.s. sentencing commission collects from around the country based on real cases. the idea behind it is we don t want unwarranted disparities between sentences. if you commit a crime in washington, d.c. or new york or texas, you re likely to get the same sent ransom regardless of where the judge is who sentences you. that s what the guidelines are there to serve, to give you that baseline so that equal crime is being punished equally. to drop down from 19 years to 24 years all the way down to four years, i think suggests that the wealthy and the powerful do better in court than maine other defendants do, and i think it is a an attack on the legitimacy of the criminal justice system. if you are someone who is indigent or lacking in power, i think you look at a sentence like this and it causes people to have less trust in the
it has gotten to be not so much a man s thing to defend them but women can do it. too. alisyn: you wanted a gun and you had a heck of a time getting one, what were the obstacles? guest: washington, dc has the west in terms, the worst laws in the country in terms of getting a legal gun. in order to get it it took me four months and $450 in fees and several days off work. so, i could not count the levels of frustration it took me. i finally got it, and i have been to the shooting range, and you know what, it is worth it because it is a blast to shoot a gun. alisyn: pun intended. dave: is it about protection or about sport in why are so many more women grabbing guns today? guest: mostly about protection. crime in washington, dc, crime just this year in the first two months is up 40 percent, violent