Posted on 10/21/2014 7:36:09 PM PDT by therightliveswithus
A Missouri state senator was arrested after causing a disturbance at a Ferguson police station. The senator, Jamilah Nasheed, had a fully loaded 9mm handgun and eight additional rounds on her person.
Senator Nasheed refused to take a breathalyzer test, despite having a strong smell of alcohol. Nasheed was arrested and charged with violation of a Obey Lawful Order of Police and Manner of Walking in the Roadway. Nasheed claims innocence, stating that:
“It was a symbolic arrest – sending a message to the protesters that we can protest peacefully and that we must protest peacefully and that we want justice for Michael Brown, but we don’t want it in vain,” Nasheed said outside the jail Tuesday morning.
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She could catch sandwiches too, the knuckle variety.
Don’t ya just love a hypocrite? LOL
lol... that episode was freaking HILLARIOUS.
Carrying while under the influence should have the same penalties as driving while under the influence.
Back away from that desire to write rules to use the force of government to rule your fellow man. With them in place then those in power use those tules to rule you.
Possessing gun while drunk is now a felony
Zahnd encourages police to send violations to his office
A little-noticed provision of Missouri’s new law allowing people to carry concealed weapons actually increases the penalty for possession of a firearm while intoxicated. And Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd says his office will use the new law to bring felony charges against people who possess a gun while drunk.
One of the often-overlooked changes contained in the concealed carry legislation is that the punishment for the crime of possession of a firearm while intoxicated has been increased from a class B misdemeanor to a class D felony. Under the new felony classification, possessing a firearm or other projectile weapon while intoxicated can now result in a punishment of up to four years in prison and/or a fine of up to $5,000. Previously, the maximum sentence was six months in the county jail or a fine of up to $500.
Zahnd said in his opinion, the increased punishment makes perfect sense.
“Guns and alcohol do not mix. Whether you support the concealed carry law or not, this much is clear: those who possess firearms must do so responsibly. Carrying a gun while you are drinking is irresponsible, and it is a crime. My office is committed to vigorously enforcing this new provision.”
As part of his effort to enforce the new law, Zahnd has asked Platte County law enforcement agencies to send violations to his office for charging.
“In the past,” Zahnd said, “most of these charges were appropriately handled at the municipal level because they were misdemeanors. Now that this crime is a felony, we would like to prosecute these cases in state court so we have the strongest possible punishment available.
“By increasing the penalty for possession of a firearm while intoxicated, the Missouri legislature is sending the message that it wants those who carry a gun while drunk to face serious consequences,” Zahnd said.
“People who plan to drink should leave their gun at home.”
The concealed weapons law and the new penalty for possession of a firearm while intoxicated became effective Oct. 11.
If she has a juvenile record, would that keep her from getting a concealed carry license in Missouri?
> If she has a juvenile record, would that keep her from getting a concealed carry license in Missouri?
Probably under her true African American name not her ISIS er I mean Islamic name...
Ohhhhhhh my gosh.
Well, when the same "human rights commissions" that try to make Christian pastors marry gay people start forcing halal and kosher butchers to offer pork and ham for their Christian customers, I'll believe there is hope for the loony left to figure things out. Until then, it's just minority bullies in the hallways and quiet little nerds getting shoved into lockers.
Why the breathilizer? She was charged with Manner of Walking in the Roadway, which means she wasn’t driving. Missouri has no law against public intoxication, and municipalities cannot enact such laws. There is no law against drinking in public. If it were me then under those conditions I’d refuse to submit to a breathilizer too.
Nope.
Kind of a Catch-22. They can't charge her with carrying while intoxicated because they can't prove she was drunk. They can't prove she was drunk because she wouldn't take a breathalyzer test. She wasn't required to take a breathalyzer because she wasn't driving.
No blood test administered to determine her intoxication level after her arrest?
She either has, or does not have a CCW.
Which is it?
Public intoxication is not illegal in Missouri so there was no grounds for a breathalyzer. She was right to refuse to take it. And the police may have suspected it but had no proof she was intoxicated.
No blood test administered to determine her intoxication level after her arrest?
Remember she wasn't driving. No brethalyzer. Can't draw blood without a court order or the defendants approval.
She either has, or does not have a CCW.
She claims she does. I haven't seen anything indicating that she was lying about it.
intoxicated and carrying a firearm is illegal in mo
It is. Prove she was intoxicated.
I have read elsewhere that her CCW permit status is indeed under question.
I also read there was a law that went into effect on Oct 11 specifically regarding weapons and intoxicants.
Is that incorrect?
I haven't heard that. In all honesty it wouldn't surprise me if it was.
I also read there was a law that went into effect on Oct 11 specifically regarding weapons and intoxicants.
The law in question increased the penalty for carrying a firearm while intoxicated from a misdemeanor to a felony. But the problem is proving she was intoxicated. The police may suspect she was but since she wasn't driving they have no grounds to force her to take a Breathalyzer. Without proof they can't charge her.
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