The Washington Post is reporting that, after being deadlocked twice, a D.C. Superior Court jury has acquitted a Marine amputee and Ohio CHL-holder on felony charges of gun possession stemming from an arrest while he was on the way to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Editor's Note: The article below was originally published on June 17, 2008, about Senate Bill 348, introduced by Senator Eric Kearney (D-9). While that bill, which was co-sponsored by Senators Sue Morano (D-13), Teresa Fedor (D-11), and Capri Cafaro (D-32), died at the end of the 127th General Assembly, the necessity of republishing this article is again apparent, because Sen. Kearney has reintroduced the legislation, this time as Senate Bill 49.

By Gerard Valentino

Senate Bill 348 49, designed to add an additional 10 years to a prison sentence if a gun is used to cause injury to or death of a child, was introduced recently by Senator Eric Kearney (D-9).

The bill, which Buckeye Firearms Association strongly opposes, is another example of the legislature trying to make an existing crime more illegal.

Killing someone with a baseball bat, hammer or even a car leaves the victim dead. The person committing the crime is still a murderer and the family of the victim will still grieve. Just because a gun might be involved in the crime is irrelevant.