Mr bungbumi, I agree, receiving threats to family does not justify him illegally aquiring arms. I am not saying he should be condoned. All I am saying is that scenario at that time was extremely tense and volatile and a lot of physically capable folks had collected knifes, sticks etc even when they had no specific threats. Now consider a person who has been threatened mutliple times. What does he do? Apply for a license and wait(months) for approval? Believe me, I have seen mobs running amok and I do not think there is any reasonable way of controling them for an individual. Even police has been known to be mute spectators. Knowing all this, Dutt would have probably thought to secure his family first. All this needs to be considered and I think a lenient view taken. Also 13 years is already too long and person changes a lot and no real crime(harm to anyone) was commited.
