[ShaolinFlame]

Your thread title had me thinking something completely different.

I am pro tougher sentencing. I do not want to witness crime scenes at my local IGA.

Although the assault on an officer with a weapon could result in a few bad convictions.

Mandatory 1st degree for gang related shootings is pretty solid, but I would rather just see 2nd degree gang related beefed up. I mean, what if two gang members get into an arguement at a club and one dies in a fight? Is that first degree murder? I think it could establish some weird legal precedents having some 2nd degrees classified as 1st but not others. I guess it comes down to a judges' interpretation of 'gang-related' homicide...