According to court records, in 1988, Brad Morrison, at the age of 28, shot and killed his father while he lay sleeping in his bed.  He claims he was abused and shot his father in self-defense.  There is no explanation as to why he remained at home at the age of 28 if he was, in fact, abused as a child.  He can hardly claim self-defense as a defense to the murder since his father was sleeping at the time of the brutal murder.  Brad Morrison’s first attempt to kill his father on that fateful night failed as the gun he tried to use jammed.  He retrieved a second gun and literally shot his father’s head off while the man lay sleeping in his bed.  In January 2013, Brad Morrison was arrested on four counts of illegal gun possession, Commonwealth v. Bradley Morrison, Docket No. CP-50-CR-000149-2013 (Court of Common Pleas of Perry County, Pennsylvania).  He pled not guilty to the charges, needlessly costing the Perry County Court of Common Pleas time and the taxpayers money, only to admit during the trial on June 5, 2015 that he possessed and fired four firearms to include an AR-15, an SKS, a 30/30 rifle and a .380 semi-automatic pistol.  A jury quickly found him guilty on all four counts.  He and his wife engaged their family and friends to enlist in a letter-writing campaign and bombarded the judge with 30 or more letters pleading for mercy.  The sentencing guidelines indicate that Morrison should have received a sentence of 4 to 12 years per gun.  Judge Morrow, apparently moved by the feigned tears of Morrison’s family and friends, completely disregarded the sentencing guidelines and freed Morrison from jail, sentencing him to only the 68 days he had served and 10 years of probation.  This sentence is equivalent to what would have been given a vandal or some other individual convicted of a misdemeanor.  Judge Morrow cited Morrison’s age (he is 55 years of age), his apparent good behavior when he did not resist being handcuffed when taken to jail after the jury announced his verdict, and the financial hardship his wife would endure if Morrison remained incarcerated. Morrison’s wife admitted during the trial that she purchased the AR-15 and the .380 semi-automatic pistol and permitted her husband to have access to these guns, despite being fully aware that he was a convicted murderer. Judge Morrow blindly concluded that Morrison was not a threat to the community.  This is a gross abuse of Judge Morrow’s discretion, especially in light of the importance of gun control to many citizens.  We cannot permit convicted murderers and other felons to admittedly possess and use firearms and not suffer consequences.  We cannot permit family members of convicted murderers and other felons to purchase firearms for these felons and not suffer consequences.  We have ample laws in place to keep weapons out of the hands of felons and to adequately punish those who assist felons in obtaining weapons.  We need to enforce these laws.  District Attorney, Charles Chenot, has until 8/24/15 to file a Petition to Modify the Sentence.  Please contact District Attorney Chenot at (717) 582-5120 and urge him to file a Petition to Modify the Sentence before the 8/24/15 deadline.