Facing no personal consequences, they assume license.
This must stop, or our nation and liberty will perish.
Posted on 01/04/2012 7:04:34 AM PST by marktwain
On December 22, registered nurse and fourth-year medical student Meredith Graves, from Tennessee, was visiting the 9/11 Memorial in New York City. Ms. Graves, rather than abdicating responsibility for her security to others, was carrying a defensive handgun, as she is licensed to do in Tennessee. That, unfortunately, avails her nothing in New York. When she saw the "No Guns" sign before entering, she did her best to comply with the law, asking a security guard where she could check her gun. The guard directed her to a police officer, who promptly arrested her for violation of New York's laws against self-defense. She now faces, if convicted, a minimum of 3 1/2 years in prison--and New York apparently intends to aggressively pursue the case.
So far, nothing especially unsual about the story--we recently talked about another visitor from out of state who is now facing prison charges stemming from his failure to realize how passionately the New York ruling class loves mandated defenselessness. Well, actually, there is something unusual about it: this case has led even some New York politicians to think that the law needs to be changed. Where this story exceeds the typical level of outrageousness of New York's forcible citizen disarmament culture is the libelous lie Mayor Bloomberg (presumably annoyed that his beloved gun laws were being questioned) smeared Ms. Graves with. From Capital New York:
When asked whether the woman deserved any leniency, Mayor Michael Bloomberg indicated to reporters at a press conference in Brooklyn today that she had other problems."Let's assume she didn't get arrested for carrying a gun," he said. "She probably would have gotten arrested for the cocaine that was in her pocket."
Cocaine in her pocket? Umm . . . no.
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What a jerk. I hope he gets sued by the woman.
Thanks! If only I had a coach when I first took it back in North Carolina perhaps I wouldn’t be so afraid of them now!
Open your mouth as wide as possible and pour the powder onto the back of your tongue and follow with lots of water. Though I prefer BC powders to Goody's myself, you are right, they do taste bad no matter what.
But when I have a killer headache, nothing works faster.
But I’ve never heard of somebody being arrested for returning a wallet to it’s rightful owner or picking one up from a trash can - where the thief generally deposits it after stealing the cash.
I believe you, of course, I just never knew anyone who got in trouble over that. As I said, I get my wallet returned to me every other day, lol. I keep a twenty handy on me all the time to offer as a reward. No one ever accepts it, either.
Thank you for the instructions. I didn’t know they worked faster than pills. I’ll dig them up today and follow your advice. But being a NYer, I’ll probably be arrested for ingesting cocaine...
What kind of drink do you use?
Some aspirin comes in powder, not tablets.
If tasting bad means it works better, you can always chew up the aspirin tablets. Never seemed faster or more effective to me though. I just couldn’t swallow pills.
Why would any conservative willingly visit NY? I will never set foot in that hell hole nor will I knowingly support businesses there. They deserve what they have wrought. And the same goes for CA.
Facing no personal consequences, they assume license.
This must stop, or our nation and liberty will perish.
The real problem is not that money gets people elected. The real problem is that we have allowed the Federales to go so far beyond their actual Constitutional limits that it is now so very important who gets elected.
If the President and the Federal government had to work within their Constitutional limits, most folks wouldn’t care who got elected...
Been to NYC.
Bad - seriously over crowded, liberal, hideously expensive.
Good - restaurants, bookstores, Statue of Liberty, Central Park, museums, FAO Schwartz, Broadway...
Basically, for quality of life, I would not live there if you paid me. I would not even stay overnight except on business. But it makes a nice day trip.
I recently overheard a county ADA complain in the courthouse cafeteria that the jurors seemed to be deciding cases like they were all ex felons. He didn't have a clue.
I agree. How is it that states are supposed to recognize each other’s law on marriage, especially if it means gay marriage, yet can ignore gun laws?
True, I always have BCs in my purse and car. Nobody down here thinks it’s strange, they only think it’s strange that I use BCs instead of Goody’s.
Great post. you stated exactly what I’ve been thinking.
Jury Nullification is the people’s last resort to fighting back against insane laws. Many say that we can change things at the ballot box, but that isn’t much consolation if you’re a defendant and victim of one of these insane laws. People can make a difference if they know they are allowed to, but the court would have the jurors believe that their instructions are commandments. The more people that know about JN, the more we can keep these creeps in check.
What is your aspirin powered with???
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