Arrests in Baltimore for illegal guns often lead to dropped charges or little jail time

The Baltimore Sun reports:

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.

At the same time, police data shows that fewer people arrested with illegal guns are ordered held without bail.

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.

Progressives are most concerned about taking away guns from white people who follow laws.