Yup, and this is the same reason there’s no background checks at gunshows. Sure, it’s illegal, but is the ATF going to bust anybody? I don’t think so.

Add onto this them being understaffed and forced to keep paper records rather than computerized ones in the case of firearms. Never mind poorly worded laws and other factors like those.

“If you can’t insure your firearm, it is a crime to use it, just like if I can’t get my car insured, it is illegal for me to drive it.”

Interesting. I like it.

Yeah. Plus hey, eliminate the ATF and get rid of more unfreedomy regulations! Machine guns and C-4 for everyone!

Look, I’m not saying take away ALL the guns. All I’m saying is that if I need a license to operate a vehicle, I should require a license (and re-licensing every few years) to have a gun. Ensure that gun owners have training so that they know how to own and operate a weapon. Especially so they don’t end up accidentally…

The judge in this case is a tremendously bright (UPenn magna cum laude undergrad, UVA Law - Order of the Coif, nominated by Obama to the federal bench before being sort of pocket-vetoed by Senator Heller in a vendetta against Harry Reid payback thing) woman (as an aside, someone in this thread assumed she was a man,…

Is the defense seriously going to argue that the assault/attempted murder was consensual? Between the severity of the beating and the presence of another person (also beaten) how the hell would anyone believe that?

Oh, and “since she was his property before, she’s still his property now”, don’t forget that bit. They were broken up, he nearly killed her, yet they’re still trying to frame it as a kinky li’l lovers’ spat or crime of passion.

Especially because they weren’t even together at the time he barged into her home to find her with someone else. It sounds like this defense douche is into proving that “ohh, but the sanctity of the woman I loved has been defiled by another man!!” is going to overshadow that li’l fact.

If you’re a man caught on tape bragging about sexually assaulting women, you’re obviously just engaging in “locker room talk,” and that doesn’t mean you actually do it. But if you are a woman who shares rape fantasies with your partner, that is literal, and you definitely literally want to be raped and brutally…

Yeah, I didn’t see any mention of a “rearrange my face and almost beat me to death fantasy” in their conversations. Hope this guy never gets out.

The old “if you consent once, you consent forever” defense.

I’m especially liking how he was ‘consumed by a role’ and that somehow abnegates his personal responsibility.

*Almost always in rape cases.

It’s a cover, nothing more. I have actually met a few people who became born again in prisons. The first step to redemption is confession - you have to be able to admit what you’ve done without excuse or equivocation. If you can’t do that, you can’t move forward. The “true believers” would tell you exactly what they…

Do “rape fantasies” count after you break up with the person and have moved on ? Did she have a death fantasy too because he almost fucking killed her. This is atrocious.

He almost killed her, but has no regret because he doesn’t see her as human. I’m disgusted.

Nice how he barely ever mentions the horrific injuries he caused to Mack. “Poor choices” my ass. No regret because he obviously has none. PUT HIM IN PRISON FOR LIFE.