Actually sentencing people to time that statutes call for would probably be a good start.

First time offenders of RIGL 11-47-8A are afforded the chance of deferment for their sentence. Why should anyway convicted of illegally carrying a gun out on the streets be coddled?

Even a second time offender only has to do one year minimum.

And firing in a compact area? Misdemeanor….. so if someone fires a bullet into the air, which laws of physics says must come back down, the most you can do is a year in jail.