siglite
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Good point.
The more people that understand that the law is wrong the better chance we have of changing it; instead we have a group of "pro-gun" people that says he should go to jail because he had an "illegal" gun.
And herein lies the big problem . . . The intentional mispreading of information because people choose to only see/read/believe what they want to rather than what the facts are.
Fact IS, Andy, this guy is not going to jail for an illegal gun. He is going to jail for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In fact, he is in illegal possession many times over.
And as I said before, we as law-abiding gun owners shout from the rooftops that we don't need anymore new gun laws--just enforce the ones we have.
Yet when that happens, as in the case we're discussing, all the misinformation and pure BS comes out.
Makes us, collectively, look real smart in front of the rest of the nation . . .
Thanks for that.
Jeff
Our system uses 'felon' for determining 'bad guy'
These NYC cops would have a coronary if they opened my closet...
It takes stupidity to do it in the first place and stupidity to get caught.
It takes a criminal act bad enough to be labeled a felony by law and/or repeated disregard for smaller crimes until the charges become a felony.
It also takes either someone admitting they committed a felony or a jury of 12 deciding unanimously that you are one.
Tax Evasion and burglary/ breaking and entering have been felonies for a long, long time. Anyone who doesn't understand that is short a chromosome or two.
It's been 40 years since felons were barred from owning guns and that's part of the whole penalty of being a felon. Don't like it, don't become one.
jaholder wrote:
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It takes stupidity to do it in the first place and stupidity to get caught.
It takes a criminal act bad enough to be labeled a felony by law and/or repeated disregard for smaller crimes until the charges become a felony.
It also takes either someone admitting they committed a felony or a jury of 12 deciding unanimously that you are one.
Tax Evasion and burglary/ breaking and entering have been felonies for a long, long time. Anyone who doesn't understand that is short a chromosome or two.
It's been 40 years since felons were barred from owning guns and that's part of the whole penalty of being a felon. Don't like it, don't become one.
You think all prior felons, including tax evaders and the like, must be stripped of their right to defend themselves with a firearm. Thank you for giving me a sense of how your internal logic is set up. Accordingly, I refuse to argue with you. However, I have a question for you to contemplate. Mr. Law Abiding Citizen, how many felonies have you committed without getting caught?
-Jake
Simple: None.
You're not a felon until you're caught, charged and either admit to the crime or are convicted until then you've done nothing.
Here's a helpful tip: If you have committed an alleged crime that might be a felony, it would be helpful to your self to exercise that right to remain silent about it on public internet discussion boards. Most felons are just that because they couldn't keep their claptraps shut.