Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "CNN"
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No, their signature is no more a guilty plea than one's gun in an armed robbery attempt is. Both are evidence against you, your plea comes from your lips, evidence comes from the totality of the case.
As an example, I see armed men preparing to enter the bank, with the fairly obvious intent to rob it. So, I grab my BFG 9000 and enter before the group can. I halt the robbery attempt, but the DA and police in confusion, charge me with attempted bank robbery.
The evidence could appear I was part of the robbery, save for my testimony and the bank video, which shows me rushing in and stopping the robbery.
Evidence against their crimes is lacking, but it's their right to plea not guilty and have the absolute defense possible, as our Constitution demands.
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First off, to possess a suppressor, you have to undergo a background investigation that is exhaustive, think Top Secret clearance kind of investigation.
Second, when you fire that thing, everyone knows where the shot came from, if unsuppressed and likely even suppressed. If you're in a school area, you're in a residential area, which is populated enough to hear the suppressed shot (it isn't a muffler, it simply changes the characteristics of the sound, it's still gunshot loud). The standard Barrett kicks up a lot of debris over ten meters around, so even Helen Keller could tell where a shot came from.
Add in the thing weighs between 25 and 45 pounds, plus optics and magazine (figure 10 pounds for both), add in around $10K - 15K for weapon, ammunition and optics, it's not getting used in any crimes.
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