Posted on 08/16/2007 10:35:18 AM PDT by neverdem
So, are they trying to hold GA gun sellers accountable to GA law or NY law?
I'm just sayin'.
Bloomberg, carrying on Rudy’s anti-gun themes... I hope the libel suit pending in the US Court division in Atlanta is won in spades.
Come on Georgia! Us patriotic Yankees are pulling for you.
A quick look at U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein’s work.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/jack_b_weinstein/index.html?offset=60&;
An example of why there should be a mandated age limit on Federal jurists.
Check out:
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1187240279302040.xml&coll=1
The Feds, under Gonzales and his puppeteer Joge El Segundo, are stepping up the war on the Second Amendment.
Those states targeted by cities like New York because gun dealers there sell guns LEGALLY which wind up in the wrong hands, shold initiate lawsuits against jurisdictions like New York whenever a crime is perpetrated by a criminal released from a New York prison or jail after having committed a serious felony or string of felonies for having a lax legal system.
Corzine shows in his comments in the article where the Feds and he are going here. My guess is in most cases, the guns are sold LEGALLY to a purchaser in that state and then that purchaser sells them to a second or even third party or more and then they wind up in snake pits like Jersey or New York.
Corzine - if her really cared - and he doesn’t - would STOP granting parole to violent felons like the 49 year old piece of trash who was recently released by the New Jersey Parole Board (a collection of political hacks earning over $100,000 per year) who had beaten to death an elderly lady AFTER he raped her. He would also do something about the lax bail practises taht permitted a piece of illegal scum to orchestrate the gunning down of four kids in Newark recently. He would ALSO stop the practise of NOT turning over to ICE those illegals arrested for crimes like the killer in the Newark Case who was an illegal invader.
Liberals make me sick. They NEVER blame the criminal - its always something else.
They are pimping prostitutes.
As far as jurisdiction is concerned, it's not GA law or NY law, it's federal jurisdiction since the alleged crime is interstate trafficking.
BTW - the moron Bloomberg is saying New York’s courts, but that’s not what the judge said. The judge is clearly ruling that federal suits can proceed.
This is an ignorant ruling. It shouldn’t be illegal to sell a legal item in your own state.
Anti-gun, Brady whore U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein will be reversed as he has been reversed before on similar cases. He is a nut with life time tenure.
The issue is whether the dealer sold firearms with the knowledge that the buyer intended to sell the weapons he purchased from the dealer to convicted felons.
Engaging in such a scheme is illegal in GA, NY and in federal law.
This lawsuit is different from the failed entrapment strategy Bloomberg used in VA.
Does this mean we can sue New York for breeding criminals?
There is no reason for a dealer selling legal items to conspire with anyone.
can Gun owners sue New York for conspiracy ?
Amendment XI
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.
Of course there is.
Convicted felons will pay far above the prevailing market price for new or "clean" firearms (i.e. weapons that have not been used in any previous crimes), perhaps triple list price or higher.
An unscrupulous dealer would have a strong incentive to sell a $300 firearm to a legal buyer who would then sell it for $900 to an illegal buyer, giving the dealer a cut of the spread tax-free.
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