GregoryTech
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ISSUE: Who should go to jail -- home invaders, or home
owners?
According to the New York Times, Mr. Ronald Dixon of Brooklyn, NY, "was upstairs, in bed, when he heard a noise in the hallway. Half asleep, he opened his eyes and saw a man at the top of the stairs heading toward the bedroom of Mr. Dixon's 2-year-old son, Kyle. That was enough for the father. He grabbed a 9-millimeter pistol that he kept in a closet, walked toward the man and asked what he was doing there. This man, Mr. Dixon said, ran at him, screaming. That's when he pulled the trigger. He shot the intruder twice, wounding him seriously but not mortally."
Now, 27-year-old Mr. Dixon is your basic "straight arrow," a Navy veteran who works two jobs -- 80 hours a week -- as a computer specialist to provide for his family, including two small children. The man accused of being the intruder, Ivan Thompson, 40, is a career criminal with a long record of burglaries and other crimes. If convicted this time, he could be locked away for a long, long time.
Case closed, right? Not quite.
Mr. Dixon had purchased his gun legally when he lived in Florida. He had just recently moved to Brooklyn, and was smack dab in the middle of running through all the hoops and jumping through all the rings -- and there are a LOT of them -- to get his gun registered in New York.
But the registration process wasn't yet complete when he used his gun to defend his family. And Mr. Dixon lives in a borough whose district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, "considers the prosecution of illegal-gun charges a supreme virtue. Mr. Hynes wants Mr. Dixon to do jail time... If convicted of the misdemeanor charge against him, Mr. Dixon could get as much as a year. Mr. Hynes is offering a plea bargain that would involve four weekends, tops, on Rikers Island."
You read that right. Mr. Dixon is facing up to a year on RIKERS ISLAND if he doesn't accept the "plea bargain" from District Attorney Hynes and plead GUILTY on a gun possession charge, for a gun he had purchased legally and was in the process of making legal in New York. And if he's found guilty, his permanent record could keep him from obtaining work in his field.
We just don't think that's right.
ACTION ITEM: The Brooklyn DA is elected to that position, from what we understand. As an elected official, he is obligated to listen to what voters have to say. So, we've set up a way for you to easily communicate with him.
Go to the site below to send an editable pre-written message to DA Charles J. Hynes, letting him know what you think of prosecuting upstanding law-abiding citizens who try to protect their families:
http://www.conservativealerts.com/030103.htm
Or give Mr. Hynes a call at 718-250-2000 (718-250-2025 after hours and weekends).
NOTE: This isn't a "gun control" issue; this is a FAMILY PROTECTION issue. Be sure to forward this email to everyone you know who wants to see *real* justice prevail in this case. Thank you!
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According to the New York Times, Mr. Ronald Dixon of Brooklyn, NY, "was upstairs, in bed, when he heard a noise in the hallway. Half asleep, he opened his eyes and saw a man at the top of the stairs heading toward the bedroom of Mr. Dixon's 2-year-old son, Kyle. That was enough for the father. He grabbed a 9-millimeter pistol that he kept in a closet, walked toward the man and asked what he was doing there. This man, Mr. Dixon said, ran at him, screaming. That's when he pulled the trigger. He shot the intruder twice, wounding him seriously but not mortally."
Now, 27-year-old Mr. Dixon is your basic "straight arrow," a Navy veteran who works two jobs -- 80 hours a week -- as a computer specialist to provide for his family, including two small children. The man accused of being the intruder, Ivan Thompson, 40, is a career criminal with a long record of burglaries and other crimes. If convicted this time, he could be locked away for a long, long time.
Case closed, right? Not quite.
Mr. Dixon had purchased his gun legally when he lived in Florida. He had just recently moved to Brooklyn, and was smack dab in the middle of running through all the hoops and jumping through all the rings -- and there are a LOT of them -- to get his gun registered in New York.
But the registration process wasn't yet complete when he used his gun to defend his family. And Mr. Dixon lives in a borough whose district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, "considers the prosecution of illegal-gun charges a supreme virtue. Mr. Hynes wants Mr. Dixon to do jail time... If convicted of the misdemeanor charge against him, Mr. Dixon could get as much as a year. Mr. Hynes is offering a plea bargain that would involve four weekends, tops, on Rikers Island."
You read that right. Mr. Dixon is facing up to a year on RIKERS ISLAND if he doesn't accept the "plea bargain" from District Attorney Hynes and plead GUILTY on a gun possession charge, for a gun he had purchased legally and was in the process of making legal in New York. And if he's found guilty, his permanent record could keep him from obtaining work in his field.
We just don't think that's right.
ACTION ITEM: The Brooklyn DA is elected to that position, from what we understand. As an elected official, he is obligated to listen to what voters have to say. So, we've set up a way for you to easily communicate with him.
Go to the site below to send an editable pre-written message to DA Charles J. Hynes, letting him know what you think of prosecuting upstanding law-abiding citizens who try to protect their families:
http://www.conservativealerts.com/030103.htm
Or give Mr. Hynes a call at 718-250-2000 (718-250-2025 after hours and weekends).
NOTE: This isn't a "gun control" issue; this is a FAMILY PROTECTION issue. Be sure to forward this email to everyone you know who wants to see *real* justice prevail in this case. Thank you!
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