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I thought they had lowered the penalty to a misdemeanor?

switch wrote:I thought they had lowered the penalty to a misdemeanor?

OH! You mean Mexico?

I'm pretty sure you're right. There was one case of a gun dealer convicted of a felony in Mexico for carrying some forgotten ammo across the bridge. He was treaty-transferred to U.S. custody, and released after a total of 10 months or so.

Shortly afterward, Mexico dropped it to a misdemeanor offense, and the dealer began a legal quest to get his firearms rights restored. He lost at every stage, because Congress has forbidden ATF from spending any money to restore the gun right of "felons", even though what he was convicted of isn't a felony in either country. At the time, though, it was a felony in Mexico, but not a crime of any type in the U.S.

Can't think of that dealer's name right now... I'll try to remember, and look up the details.

Kevin

Found it...

Thomas Lamar Bean

Interesting case. Aparently Mr. Bean did not have the means to bribe the authorities like the drug lords do.

I always thought that for weapons it should be "non-defensive use, attempted use, including threatening of use (while readily accessible to you)" that should be a crime, not mere posession.