Spencer Answers: Are Firearm Enhancements New Legal Tactics?
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“Have firearm enhancements, the additional charges, always been so challenging? Or did something occur in society, or with a specific case, in the past, whether it’s five years ago or ten years ago, has it always come into play? Or has it been placed into the hands of the prosecutor because of some circumstance that has occurred?”
Spencer Freeman – Criminal Defense Attorney – Pierce County, WA
“So, in the 23 years that I have practiced law, the issue of firearm enhancements has always been there. But I think that how it’s used and the severity of it, has changed over time. I think that’s in response to the more prevalence of violence with gangs. Guns being used in gangs. It’s really a desire to protect police, I think, and society in general.”
