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...violators of existing laws are not. Why would that be a reasonable conclusion?

Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or little jail time
As Baltimore police and prosecutors race to tamp down a sustained spike in violence, many of the charges against people caught with illegal guns aren't sticking, or defendants are only jailed for a fraction of their sentence.

About one-quarter of such gun cases are dropped before defendants go to trial, according to a Baltimore Sun analysis. Even when convicted of illegally possessing a firearm, prosecutors say defendants are sentenced, on average, to 16 months in jail with a substantial portion of their sentences suspended.

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In one case, a 23-year-old man was granted bail after his arrest in the city with a fully loaded revolver and is now accused of fatally stabbing a man in Baltimore County five days after his release. The arrestee had a felony record and faced a mandatory five years in prison on the gun charge.

"There's no certainty of a consequence," Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said of the Baltimore justice system, adding that he believes carrying an illegal gun should be viewed as a "pre-murder" crime.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-gun-arrest-prosecutions-20161022-story.html