According to "Chuck's" comments to the article at....
http://gunsnfreedom.com/ma-city-requires-written-essay-to-obtain-gun-permit/6277...the penalties for depriving somebody of their civil rights
under color of law range from fines and time in the pokey right on up to the death penalty.
Read it for yourself, but here's a sample of "Chuck's" comments:
chuck says January 24, 2016 at 4:21 pm...
DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW SUMMARY:
TITLE 18, U.S.C., SECTION 242 Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Possession, or District to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, … shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if bodily injury results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include the use, attempted use, or threatened use of a dangerous weapon, explosives, or fire, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and if death results from the acts committed in violation of this section or if such acts include kidnaping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, or both, or may be sentenced to death.
I had to kind of laugh at that citation because I guess "we don't need no steenkin' revolution." All we need is to "enforce the laws already on the books."
Terry
