Jim Robinson
Posted on 02/15/2012 4:29:05 PM PST by neverdem
Getting prosecuted under New York’s gun laws is a nonsensical crapshoot, where gangsters get their cases expunged and thugs can turn in illegal weapons for $200 — but a weapon that’s legally registered elsewhere can brand a citizen as a criminal for life.
That’s the view of a retired Marine who is facing criminal charges after unwittingly trying to check his Indiana-registered handgun at the Empire State building...
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Prosecutors have offered Ryan Jerome a no-jail misdemeanor plea...
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And Jerome took it upon himself to offer the gun to security as he and his girlfriend stood in line for the Empire State Building last September, the lawyer argues.
“Continued prosecution here would criminalize a mistake made by someone who, but for his honesty and sincere attempt to comply with New York law, would not have been arrested,” Bederow argues.
But the letter saves its most fervent arguments for what it describes as the “disproportionate outcomes” in gun possession cases.
DA Cyrus Vance Jr. has been an outspoken advocate of a successful, citywide gun buy-back amnesty program that gives anyone turning in an illegal gun $200 — no questions asked — and without threat of prosecution.
“District Attorney Vance has publicly written that people should be encouraged to deliver firearms to appropriate authorities without fear of prosecution,” Bederow says in the letter — precisely what his client tried to do.
“It is illogical and unjust to grant potential criminals with illegal firearms carte blanche immunity from prosecution and financially compensate them in the name of effective gun control, while at the same time asserting a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy that would result in a criminal record for Jerome handing in a legal firearm under far more conscientious circumstances,” he argues.
Prosecutors have declined to discuss plea negotiations in the Jerome case.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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He’s not using liberal logic.
Correct! It is logical to the Marxist elite and the criminal class.
First, Marines have turned battles around. See Belieu Woods, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
Second, he broke no law.
Third, Ryan Jerome is not an “ex-Marine.”
Finally, DA Cyrus Vance Jr., who has been an outspoken nazi in favor of gun confiscation programs, has an address.
This Nazi simp would have no problem terrorizing you and your family with Nazi goons if you didn’t pay a parking ticket.
Smells like unequal protection under the law based on race.
Exactly. The first thing that came to my mind is how the murder of a pregnant woman is prosecuted as a double homicide with NO outrage from the left but abortion is perfectly legal, especially when it comes to PBA. Sickening.
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