Looking up court cases.

Originally Posted by DaveTN

If you think that the SCOTUS is going to rule that the 2^nd is an individual right, what impact do you think that will have? Do you think their ruling will allow all Americans to keep and bear arms?

I don't think it will have much in affect in TN no matter how they rule. The jist I got from listening to the oral arguments on DC v. Heller is that they will also say that is ok for the state to put "reasonable restrictions" on the keeping and bearing of arms. But it looks like they don't think a total ban on keeping of handguns is reasonable. So in theory it would take a court case on each type of restriction to rule whether it reasonable or not.

IMO almost all if not all restrictions on bearing would probably be considered reasonable. But maybe some from the state of IL will challenge that.

Originally Posted by Fallguy

You're right about Class A misdemeanors. Seems like a couple of the ones I remember they were sentenced to 11 months, 29 days, but only served 10 days and the rest was on supervised probation. I think that is a standard sentence for most first time Class A misdemeanors.

Class A misdemeanor is the most serious misdemeanor. Any crime which carries a sentence of at least 1 year. (12 mos) is a felony.

Originally Posted by ProguninTN

Class A misdemeanor is the most serious misdemeanor. Any crime which carries a sentence of at least 1 year. (12 mos) is a felony.

True...all I was trying to say is that usually on a first offense you don't have to serve the whole 11 months 29 days in jail, some of it is suspended.

The funny thing is...anytime you are actually sentenced to serve in jail that is less than a year (11/29) you have to serve every day, but a felony (1 year+) you can serve as little as 30%.

I remember when I was working as a jailer letting someone out that had been sentenced to 3 years after serving less time that someone sentenced to 11 months 29 days.

Ah, I see. It's weird how that works.