Posted on 11/06/2017 5:50:18 AM PST by Zakeet
That appears to be exactly what happened here.
Passing laws without enforcement.
A simple followup would have solved this problem.
Scumbag lawyers and lawyers in black dresses with cute little hammers decide how these laws are interpreted, not me. I am merely informing how our screwed up system actually works in practice, I agree they should have caught the Court Martial, but without the Actual Charged and Convicted offenses being known, there is no way to tell.
If it truly was a “Domestic Violence” conviction, they would have produced the record by now, leaving me to believe that he plead down to “simple assault”. In which case he still had is right to possess a firearm.
You need to look at the actual Penal Code he was convicted of, I will bet it is simple assault with no mention of domestic violence. It happens all the time. It matters not why he was arrested or the circumstances surrounding his trial and conviction, all that matters it WHAT PENAL CODE did the Judge List as being convicted of.
On the Dutch radio they are reporting the guy did not have a permit to own fire-arms.
I read a court case once that revolved around the word “birthday”. Why? Because at age X, the penalty increased, and the lawyer argued (unsuccessfully) that the defendant was a few hours short of reaching that age. But the law said “birthday”, and the defendant had reached their birthday....
You don’t need a permit to own a firearm in TX. I’m sure they were referring to the concealed carry permit he was denied as discussed prior.
Most Europeans don’t understand who firearm ownership works in America. I’m in Germany right now and they don’t understand it either.
According to American Military News, Under U.S. Code, dishonorably discharged military personnel are not allowed to legally purchase a firearm and this is documented on the ATFs website. However the conditions of the dishonorable discharge have yet to be released. According to The Los Angeles Times, Federal law prohibits a person who has been dishonorably discharged from buying a firearm. Whether Kelleys discharge would trigger the law was not immediately clear.
However, Texas governor said on Monday to CNN that Kelley was denied a gun permit by the state. So how was it that he was able to get a gun? By all the facts that we seem to know, he was not supposed to have access to a gun, the governor asked.
I thought he got a BCD (bad conductor discharge), not a DD. Which would make a world of difference regarding gun ownership.
At least that is what I am hearing about him. But you know how these stories keep changing.
I’m not being dense. I get what you all are saying, I’m just questioning your motives for focusing on it. I’m well aware of how the law works.
I know, and I wasn’t trying to start an argument. I guess just reading your post you sounded like one of those scumbag defense lawyers. It’s happened to me here too, a post of mine taken wrong and all he!! Breaks loose. :-)
I detest lawyers like that. Everyone deserves a good defense lawyer, but we need a little common sense in our justice system.
Who knows where the fingers been? The Reggie knows!
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