Pistol-packing Senior Chases Off Mugger, Gets Charged (Merged Thread)
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The victim would not have been charged if it had happened in Tennessee.
By state law you cannot be charged for unlawful possession of a handgun if the shooting is otherwise justified.
Another reason to love this state.
By state law you cannot be charged for unlawful possession of a handgun if the shooting is otherwise justified.
Another reason to love this state.
If the goblin had been shot, the cops would have arrested the victim for murder. This is NYC we're talking about. It's not even remotely free. You are either cop or sheeple there. It's been like that for centuries.
So England doesn't subjugate the rest of the British Isles? So why does England have direct control over three other independent countries then?
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I don't know why this sort of event makes people mad. The geezer knew the guns were illegally possessed as the laws have been around for quite some time. So long before the geezer was ever assaulted, he was in violation of the law. He knew that when he carried the weapon for self defense, as he did for cashing his check, that if some event occurred, the gun would be an issue since it was unlicensed. I am sure his reasoning was that he would worry about gun possession laws if he ever had to use the gun to save his own life. He used the gun, it was discovered, and now he faces those charges.
What is the big deal? He knew what he was doing and knew he was in violation of the law. If he didn't like the law, then he should have moved to someplace more gun friendly.
These articles keep coming up time after time and yet people on the forum seem surprised that folks in NY and Chicago who are in illegal possession of guns get charged for the possession as a result of some event where they used the gun.
You rolls your dice and you takes your chances when you possess illegal guns in such places.
What is the big deal? He knew what he was doing and knew he was in violation of the law. If he didn't like the law, then he should have moved to someplace more gun friendly.
These articles keep coming up time after time and yet people on the forum seem surprised that folks in NY and Chicago who are in illegal possession of guns get charged for the possession as a result of some event where they used the gun.
You rolls your dice and you takes your chances when you possess illegal guns in such places.
Double Naught Spy
Then, by your post, people who live in districts with draconian firearms laws have a higher duty to the law than they have to their own survival. They are required, by law, to allow themselves to have crimes perpetreted upon themselves. It is only after the commission of crimes against them that they come under the protection of the law; but only as long as they have complied with the laws which require their victimization.
This is what is called "neatly pigeonholed".
Then, by your post, people who live in districts with draconian firearms laws have a higher duty to the law than they have to their own survival. They are required, by law, to allow themselves to have crimes perpetreted upon themselves. It is only after the commission of crimes against them that they come under the protection of the law; but only as long as they have complied with the laws which require their victimization.
This is what is called "neatly pigeonholed".
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You'll get no argument from me. We Scotch-Irish Anglo-Celtic types have had to suffer from the false malicious scurrilous irresponsible calumny heaped and piled upon us by the evil Sassenach (Not to mention William the Bastard and his Norman ilk) for nigh on two millennia now! How long, oh Lord, how long must we suffer!
Edit: The English gave their tribe's name to the country, but I think they're mostly gone; it's those divinely condemned Saxons who are the main troublemakers!
You'll get no argument from me. We Scotch-Irish Anglo-Celtic types have had to suffer from the false malicious scurrilous irresponsible calumny heaped and piled upon us by the evil Sassenach (Not to mention William the Bastard and his Norman ilk) for nigh on two millennia now! How long, oh Lord, how long must we suffer!
Edit: The English gave their tribe's name to the country, but I think they're mostly gone; it's those divinely condemned Saxons who are the main troublemakers!
yup.
You've got to watch your back somehow if you're an inmate of New York. Too bad you have to watch out for the guards as well.
You've got to watch your back somehow if you're an inmate of New York. Too bad you have to watch out for the guards as well.
There's no such thing as an illegal gun. The law in new york is what is illegal, not this old guys gun.
The poor guy had two crimes perpetrated against him that day...
The poor guy had two crimes perpetrated against him that day...
Because most people can't just callously ignore the injustice in this type of enforcement action?
Ditto previous response. Would it be a safe bet that this comment was generated by one whose paycheck comes in a blue envelope?
I think he should be charged with a "missdamugger", and be sentenced to fire 100 rounds every saturday for a month, and THEN have to clean his own pistol
I AGREE!
In fact, I think citizens should be "charged" for NOT defending themselves. Might send the RIGHT message to the muggars, robbers, etc.
Blue Envelope paycheck means?
UN Employee?
Cop?
Federal Employee?
Local or State Government Employee?
Haven't heard the term before....
UN Employee?
Cop?
Federal Employee?
Local or State Government Employee?
Haven't heard the term before....
Well you have too keep in mind that this is the same city that charged a gal for killing a guy that had just raped,killed and tossed out the like 6 story window the body of her roommate just before she opened the apartment door. Shot and killed the guy when he went after her with a knife..Bummer no permit for having a weapon in her living room. The NRA did put up a defence team and the city backed down really fast too.
Dave at Pervasive Light has set up a defense fund for Mr. Campbell
http://www.pervasivelight.com/blog/archives/00000100.html
Also look here for a round up of some bloggers tearing apart the situation
http://publicola.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_publicola_archive.html#106819679324478777
http://www.pervasivelight.com/blog/archives/00000100.html
Also look here for a round up of some bloggers tearing apart the situation
http://publicola.blogspot.com/2003_11_02_publicola_archive.html#106819679324478777
Let's hope the NRA will also get involved in this, which they probably will. They generally seem to get involved in NYC's mis-justice.
I really feel for the man, is he supposed to just let the robber kill him?
I really feel for the man, is he supposed to just let the robber kill him?
Sean Hannity is stepping up to bat. He has already started a fund raiser on his radio show for this guys defense and to replace the cash the slime took from him.
hey guys I live within 30 mins of NYC and let me tell you, HE GETTING OFF LUCKY one could say FLUCKY the man could easily be charged with a felony which is what happens to most people who carry concealed without a permit in NY. I think that it's up to the DA office. I think he got the measly misdemeanor because of his age and the circumstances. I think it would look bad for liberal laws if this was a felony charge and morepeople would get into an uproar. C'est la vie
the man could easily be charged with a felony which is what happens to most people who carry concealed without a permit in NY. I think that it's up to the DA office. I think he got the measly misdemeanor because of his age and the circumstances. I think it would look bad for liberal laws if this was a felony charge and morepeople would get into an uproar. C'est la vie Logistar:
I think it USED to be that way in Merry Olde England. The King's men would come and get you, and maybe hang you, if you were insufficiently energetic in hunting down a robber. I think that's what was originally meant by "misprision of a felony". No cops back then, just me and you, and I'm not so sure about you.
I think it USED to be that way in Merry Olde England. The King's men would come and get you, and maybe hang you, if you were insufficiently energetic in hunting down a robber. I think that's what was originally meant by "misprision of a felony". No cops back then, just me and you, and I'm not so sure about you.
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