More Plumbum Smog
Darwin Sorrells has felony convictions from 2007 for both aggravated battery in a public place and aggravated battery causing great bodily harm. In 2011, he was convicted of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, and was sentenced to five years on that charge. Obviously, Sorrells did not do a full pull, because in 2013 he was convicted again of receiving, possessing or selling a stolen vehicle, and for unlawful use or possession of a firearm by a felon. He was paroled in early February of 2016 after serving three years on those convictions.
Back on the street for only five months — until last Sunday when Sorrells and his brother were charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder. Authorities said the brothers were targeting a man who had driven a group of women from a suburb to Chicago's Parkway Gardens neighborhood. Instead, they shot and killed 32-year-old Nykea Aldridge while Aldridge was pushing a stroller containing her one-month-old baby girl.
There are several things wrong with this scenario, but the part that stands out the most is, here we have a convicted felon, in a jurisdiction known for restrictive gun laws, who has previously used a firearm in the commission of a felony more than once, was reeled in by the police more than once, and was back out on the street — while, at the same time, the politicians are clamoring for tighter gun control as their "solution" to the problem.
If you are having trouble seeing the problem, maybe a little insight will help.
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