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Brady Campaign: Jonesboro Killer, Leaving Prison Tomorrow, Will Be Free to Buy Firearms [<<Huh?]
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| 8-10-05
| Brady Campaign
Posted on 08/10/2005 12:19:07 PM PDT by OXENinFLA
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Is this true?
Will he be able to buy guns?
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:19:09 PM PDT
by
OXENinFLA
To: Mo1; Howlin; Peach; BeforeISleep; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:19:51 PM PDT
by
OXENinFLA
To: OXENinFLA
If he's a felon, then Federal law prohibits him from even *touching* a firearm.
3
posted on
08/10/2005 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
George Smiley
(This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)
To: OXENinFLA
Either way, the ACLU is responsible for this.
It is the left, and the ACLU as their primary tool, that either eliminate the death penalty or make it so difficult to enforce that it has no effectiveness.
Conservatives would have had this guy hanging from the gallows shortly after his trial and conviction.
Those who worry about the one innocent person who might get convicted wrongly should think about the hundreds who get murdered by those who are set free wrongly.
4
posted on
08/10/2005 12:21:57 PM PDT
by
Paloma_55
To: OXENinFLA
Is he not a convicted felon? Or am I missing something.
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:22:09 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: OXENinFLA
these people are amazing... they want convicted felons to VOTE but not own guns!!! Both or NEITHER but NOT one or the other.
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:22:20 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: OXENinFLA
When has the truth ever stopped the brady campaign???
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:22:22 PM PDT
by
flashbunny
(Always remember to bring a towel!)
To: SandyInSeattle
Who do you think they're fooling here???
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:25:01 PM PDT
by
Toidylop
To: SandyInSeattle
I don't know. He was convicted as a juvenile, in some states I believe that convictions as a juvenile are wiped clean upon reaching 18 or 21--totally removed from the person's record. In that case, yes, I believe he'd be able to buy a gun. It depends on Arkansas state law, and probably Federal law as well.
The thing to note here, of course, is not the Brady screed that "Second Amendment BAAAAAD," but instead to note that this person's conviction SHOULD stay with him for his entire life and prevent him from owning a gun. Obviously, the Brady folks just want to use this to deny all of us access to our Second Amendment rights.
}:-)4
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:26:11 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(Newsflash: It's the South. In the summer. IT GETS HOT. DEAL WITH IT.)
To: OXENinFLA
Mitchell Johnson, who as a 13-year-old on March 24, 1998 My guess is because he was tried as a juvenile and not as an adult
Different rules
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:27:14 PM PDT
by
Mo1
To: Paloma_55
You think conservatives would execute 13-year olds?
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:27:27 PM PDT
by
sharktrager
(My life is like a box of chocolates, but someone took all the good ones.)
To: SandyInSeattle
Any conviction for a crime
punishable by more than one year in prison, regardless of how much time you actually spend in prison, is a felony, and disqualifies you from purchasing, owning, or possessing firearms.
This prohibition cannot be removed unless you recieve a pardon or expungement.
This is common knowledge among all firearms dealers and owners, and weeding such people out is purpose of the Instant Check system and the BATF Form 4473. Even attempting to buy a firearm knowing you're a felon is a crime, even more so if you falsely answer the questions on the form.
Brady's credibility is going to take a serious hit on this.
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:27:36 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: George Smiley
If felons are given all their rights back, as just happened in Iowa, does this apply ?
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:28:12 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Scratch a Liberal. Uncover a Fascist)
To: Moose4
Doesn't the yellow for you fill out when buying a gun ask "have you EVER been convicted of a felony?"?
To: sharktrager
If he killed 5 people, I would.
It would send a message to all the other 13 year olds out there... AND... it would allow this 13 year old to come to terms with his Maker.
To: OXENinFLA
Why should he be out of jail at all? That is the more perplexing question.
To: Mo1
Oh, geez, I didn't catch that he was a juvie.
Here's the text of the 4473:
http://www.atf.gov/forms/4473/index.htm
It doesn't seem to list any exception for juvinile vs. adult convictions, however.
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:31:02 PM PDT
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: OXENinFLA
"...this is a textbook case of an individual who should be deemed by society as forever barred from the privilege of owning a gun...
BUZZZZZZZZZ! This is a textbook case of an individual who should be deemed by society as forever barred from THE REST OF SOCIETY!
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:31:59 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(No rolling stone ever says, "I want to be a Bryologist when I grow up!")
To: mvpel
Brady's credibility is going to take a serious hit on this.I wasn't aware that they ever had any credibility!
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posted on
08/10/2005 12:32:03 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: George Smiley
From the article, it appears that his crime doesn't count since he was a minor. If true, then that's the problem--not guns.
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