Dad who pluggedprowler spurns deal

New York Daily News ^ | 4/08/03 | NANCIE L. KATZ

[kattracks]

A Navy veteran who shot an intruder in his toddler's bedroom decided against pleading guilty to a gun charge yesterday. Ronald Dixon rejected a deal that would have spared him from having to do jail time because he does not want a criminal record, his new attorney said.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes initially charged Dixon, 27, with possessing an illegal weapon - an unregistered pistol - after he shot a career burglar he found prowling in his Canarsie home on Dec. 14.

Last month, Hynes reduced the charges to misdemeanor attempted weapon possession, which carries a maximum 90-day jail term. Hynes said he would only ask Dixon to serve four weekends in jail in exchange for a guilty plea.

Criminal Court Judge Alvin Yearwood changed that deal to a year's probation.

"After the people reduced the charges, this was put on for possible disposition," Yearwood told Dixon and his new attorney, Joseph Mure, yesterday. But the Jamaican immigrant declined the deal and left the courtroom without comment yesterday.

"That means he would have a criminal conviction, and that is a big concern to us," Mure said afterward.

Dixon gained widespread sympathy after he was charged with a crime. In a tearful interview, Dixon told the Daily News he could not afford to spend any time in jail because he was working seven days a week to support his family and pay his mortgage.

Originally published on April 8, 2003

[stuartcr]

What about the guy behind you in line? Does he have a right to NOT be on an airplane with a guy he doesn't know, that has a gun?

[Dead Corpse]

Here's a good link to dispell some of those firearms/airplane myths. I was a jet engine mechanic for six years, then later a computer network engineer for Northwest Airlines. I'm not a complete expert, but enough for this issue.

[sauropod]

oh please! DtE called you on your dare and now you back out?

[tracer]

Does a bear $#!t in the woods? You bet they do, and it takes 6 months for the "registration process" (translation: harassment) to run its course.

But it's well worth it, given that there haven't been any gun-related crimes of violence in NY since the 1920s..... </sarcasm

[hattend]

small technical quibble: It isn't the air let out by a small hole that causes the problem. It is the pressurized air NOT let out pushing against a skin that has been compromised by that small hole that might pose the catastrophic hazard.

Don'cha wish NASA (or somebody) would take up an unmanned, instrumented 737 and shoot the aircraft skin with a .45 caliber pistol at 35,000' just so we could put this argument to rest one way or the other?

Just take it out over a military bombing range and keep firing until the plane is brought down/depressurized and then tell us how many holes are in the fuselage.

It'll never happen because the public might gain some real understanding of what it takes to bring down/depressurize an airliner.

[sauropod]

What is a JBT?

[southern rock]

Roscoe; Chancellor Palpatine; Poohbah; Cultural Jihad
Thoughts?

I'll sum their thoughts up before they even get here:

"The law is the law"

"The individual states have the right to pass ANY laws they want"

"The 2nd amendment doesn't apply at the state level"

People have the right to decide what type of society the want to live in"

"This is a matter for the good people of New York. We have no business even discussing it outside NY."

There, now they dont even have to bother coming over.

[Dead Corpse]

What about the guy behind you in line? Does he have a right to NOT be on an airplane with a guy he doesn't know, that has a gun?

Why? Is he a coward? That falls along the same lines of a "Right to not be offended". Doesn't exist. If you are afraid of others carrying, that is a personal problem. Protect yourself or be a victim. But don't expect the rest of us to follow suit.

[tracer]

New headline in NY Post: "Protective Pop Plugs Pro Perp, Poo-poos Plea Proposal"..... 8~), 8~(

[sauropod]

What about "unreasonable searches and seizure?"

I have this sense about red light cameras and the brand spanking new (thank you very much Rulers of the People's Republic of Maryland) speeding cameras as well.

[Dead Corpse]

How about that aircraft on its way to Hawaii and lost the entire top half of fuselage over the first class section? Was still able to land and the only casualty was the FA that was standing up in that section when the skin came off.

Of course, that wasn't cause by a firearm.

[sauropod]

Just ask Steven Montanarelli and Linda Tripp.

[Dead Corpse]

In at least Roscoe's case... "The words don't mean what they say they do."

Let's not ping the flying monkeys in. This is actually a pretty good conversation we have going on here. Within 20 posts of them being here, they'll get the Admin Mod to kick it bck to chat....

[sauropod]

Doesn't the 14th Amendment protect the people from the States?

[SgtofMarines]

Although your post is barely deserving of a response, I will indulge you. If you will carefully read my initial post, you will see that there was no dare involved whatsoever. Furthermore, if you had carefully read my second post, you would have seen that my offer to purchase a ticket was rather heavily qualified. Your feeble attempt to insult my character has not gone unnoticed.

[demosthenes the elder]

well, Hell - they deliberately crashed a jetliner to test a fire-retardant fuel additive at least once upon a time, so this test you propose is at least *technically* feasable, and yes, I would like to see it done.

[Critter]

Funny how that fascist hit sqaud is called in every time there is a constitutional issue to discuss, isn't it? Nice job! :)

[SgtofMarines]

What about the guy behind you in line? Does he have a right to NOT be on an airplane with a guy he doesn't know, that has a gun?

Yes, he has that right. He can drive instead.

[sauropod]

Oh man. Puhleeze do not ping CP to this thread. My transmogrifying neocon twit filter is being repaired ;-).

[sauropod]

Since you are new here, I will cut you some slack. IIRC, you put up a dare to DtE. You told him that if he really wanted to challenge an unconstitutional law that he should attempt to carry a gun onboard an airplane, and offered to buy him a ticket to do so.

How is that not a dare?

Also, if you cannot stand the heat of FR than may I cordially suggest that you lurk awhile before posting again.

I have noted you also. 'Pod (A veteran of FR for more than 4 years now).