No, I don't think so...
Posted on 09/28/2015 3:59:43 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A BB gun is a firearm, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.
The court made its declaration in the case of a man who was not allowed to possess a firearm because of an earlier felony conviction for possession of a controlled substance.
This is the law that tripped up David Haywood.
Any person who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 624.712, subdivision 5, and who ships, transports, possesses, or receives a firearm, commits a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 15 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $30,000, or both.
But the law doesn’t define what a firearm is.
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i think the punishment should fit the crime. non violent felonies have nothing o do with firearms rights being taken away. violent felonies much much more so.
You’ve done the penalty. Good bye and have a nice day. Having a conviction following you for the rest of your life is a life sentence.
if they murder at 18 they are living in jail for decades, hardly living a good life not murdering anyone by their own choice.
“he can always get a gun anyway. Or use a knife, baseball bat, fists, etc.”
Or in this case a BB gun. Now there is a slow death. A Red Ryder can hold 650 bbs.
No, it isn’t.
Well, it is Minnesota, after all. Socialist Central.
“Bow & Arrow are also considered a “firearm”.”
Impossible! Bo and Luke, just a couple of good ol’ boys, wouldn’t break the law, cuz they were never meaning no harm! (My inane post of the day)
Redefine marriage,
redefine firearm-
It`s the NEW DOUBLE-MEANING DICTIONARY, Published by,
Who else??—DOUBLEDAY!!!
What`s next?
Rob a store with a gun....nobody killed.
They should lose their gun rights forever?
Same thing a sex-offenders registry does.
The essential ingredient in a firearm is fire...an airgun is explicitly unregulated because it doesn’t use fire to accelerate the projectile.
Neighboring Michigan recently removed BBgun/pellet rifle from the legal firearm definition.
Typical judicial idiocy. What part does the "fire" come out of Judges? You do know that the word FIRE-Arm comes from the fact that fire is what expels the projectile?
No, they are stupid and think compressed air is the same thing as "fire".
“Impossible! Bo and Luke, just a couple of good ol’ boys, wouldn’t break the law, cuz they were never meaning no harm! “
Unfortunately, that was in a much saner period of history.
The constitution does not prohibit states from doing so, unless you could call it cruel and unusual punishment, as it allows for rights to be taken away after due process. Some states do have ways for felons to regain their right to firearms though it is often arduous.
I think it is wrong to take away a man's right to self defense for life but that is an argument to be made to state legislatures, not judges.
Then we must control pea shooters, dart blowers, marshmallow guns, potato guns, pumpkin chuckers and Nerf guns.
Logically.
“You’ve done the penalty. Good bye and have a nice day. Having a conviction following you for the rest of your life is a life sentence.”
Though I agree with what you are saying, I doubt it’s been that way since the 60’s or maybe the 70’s. Nowadays, a teenager who makes an idiotic Facebook post will have it following him/her around forever.
The judge who issued this decision needs to be impeached and removed for gross stupidity.
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