Courts Actually Use Existing Laws

One of the biggest problems in our justice system is that the courts rarely enforce the laws that would put criminals in jail for a significant sentence. Plea bargains and prosecutors who pad their records by filing 'lesser charges' are mostly to blame for these light sentences. In an effort to crack down on the drugs and violence in the city of Huntington, local prosecutors teamed up with the Feds to make sure that a drug dealer serves the maximum time possible:

Ambrea Virginia Ragland, 23, of Huntington, pleaded guilty Tuesday before United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers to carrying a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense.
... officers seized crack cocaine, heroin, ecstacy, marijuana, hydrocodone, oxycodone and a fully loaded .22 caliber revolver ...
Ragland is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 6. She faces up to life in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Herald Dispatch, 7-10-2008

Now if only more communities would enforce existing gun laws, we could start to make a dent. But instead, I'm sure politicians will continue to push for more gun laws instead of using the thousands that are already on the books. After all, a lot of them only know how to propose redundant 'feel-good' legislation & help out their political friends. But really, what are they gonna do? Get honest jobs?