People v. Stein

The wave of crime which is sweeping over this country is causing much alarm to law-abiding people. No banker, business man or householder seems immune from attack by the burglar, nor is any man, woman or child, when upon the streets, free from the danger of being kidnapped or robbed. The instrumentality which permits such freedom of action on the part of the lawbreaker may well be said to be the indiscriminate use of firearms. While the law prohibits their use except as provided for therein (3 Comp. Laws 1929, §16749 et.seq.), it is a well-known fact that many people do not comply with its…