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HERO GUN DAD GETS JUST 3 DAYS
New York Post ^
| 6/10/03
| KATI CORNELL SMITH
Posted on 06/10/2003 1:07:09 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:14:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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June 10, 2003 -- A Navy veteran who shot a burglar as the crook crept into his toddler's bedroom has dodged a possible three- month prison sentence for criminal possession of a weapon by coming clean with prosecutors.
Ronald Dixon, 27, flashed a broad grin yes terday after pleading guilty to a reduced charge of disorderly conduct, a violation that will send him to Rikers Island for just three days, in a deal with Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bang; banglist; dixon; ronalddixon
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Asked what he would change if he could to turn back the clock to that fateful night when he wounded Thompson, Dixon said: "I'd make sure I had a license first." Which would be practically impossible in NYC.
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posted on
06/10/2003 1:07:09 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
Tell you what I'd change, the location of those two wounds would be head and chest, not necessarily in that order.
Anyone coming into the room of my children forfeits their life conciously. I didn't go looking for trouble, and neither did my children.
Dead man walking...
To: kattracks
I'm very pleased with the DA's office and its decision," Dixon told reporters?????????
If he had any brains he would move out of NYC while he and his family are still in one piece.
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posted on
06/10/2003 1:16:53 AM PDT
by
Rome2000
(Convicted felons for Kerry)
To: *bang_list
Bang!
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posted on
06/10/2003 1:20:11 AM PDT
by
wysiwyg
To: Rome2000
I would hope that after this debacle the city will swiftly and quietly okay his registration. But if they don't, yes indeed he should bid New York, New York good bye, good bye.
To: The Red Zone
Glad he doesn't live in Great Britain.
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posted on
06/10/2003 1:29:11 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: kattracks
I'm glad the DA finally got his head out of his a**!
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posted on
06/10/2003 1:34:30 AM PDT
by
Teetop
(Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.)
To: kattracks
To get the reduced sentence, Dixon, who works a second job on the weekend to support his family, had to acknowledge his wrongdoing, document where he got the gun and prove that he had taken steps to register it. Once he does that,will his weapon be returned to him? If not, he will be an easy mark for the perp's "friends" to carry out revenge on this honest citizen.
This stinks. He should have gotten a medal, not jail time.
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posted on
06/10/2003 2:03:20 AM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
(Police state? What police state?)
To: ActionNewsBill
I agree. At least its a misdemeanor and not a felony. It won't cost him his job. I don't think a jury would have convicted him and D.A Hynes knew he didn't have a case he could win, not after 9-11 so he cut a deal. If I were the guy's attorney, short of an acquittal, this was the best he could get.
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posted on
06/10/2003 2:07:46 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: kattracks
It is a crying shame that a man gets time for exercising a natural right of self defense and a Constitutionally protected right to bear arms. "The People" need to wake up and vote with a vengeance.
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posted on
06/10/2003 2:12:36 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: goldstategop
To get the reduced sentence, Dixon, who works a second job on the weekend to support his family, had to acknowledge his wrongdoing,I still fail to see where he did anything wrong.
Does he have to admit that it was "wrong" to shoot the home invader, or just "wrong" that his gun registration was delayed?
Either way, even though it is just a misdemeanor, this whole episode is wrong.
He shouldn't serve any jail time period.
And Riker's Island? I thought that place was for hardened criminals, which this man is definitely NOT!
How about a suspended sentence, at the very least?
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posted on
06/10/2003 3:37:51 AM PDT
by
ActionNewsBill
(Police state? What police state?)
To: goldstategop
This latest deal leaves him with a clean record, which Dixon was very concerned about. He is Jamaican and was worried about losing his residency. So at least this Navy vet doesn't have to worry now about being deported. That may have been a factor in accepting the deal.
But it still STINKS. I hope Charles Hynes develops festering boils that never go away...
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:13:41 AM PDT
by
hellinahandcart
(Stop Unnecessary Excerpting! Just stop it, stop it, STOP IT!!)
To: kattracks
had to acknowledge his wrongdoing Hopefully by stating, "I know I failed to comply with the unconstitutional and illogical gun laws of New York City, and for that I was in the wrong. Next time I'll do nothing and let that career criminal kill my child and rape my wife."
To: kattracks
Asked what he would change if he could to turn back the clock to that fateful night when he wounded Thompson, Dixon said: "I'd make sure I had a license first." I hope he's just saying this for public consumption. The man's toddler might not have a father today if he'd waited to get a license first.
To: ActionNewsBill
I don't see that he did anything wrong either. The prosecutor belongs in jail.
To: hellinahandcart
Actually, this is good news. It propably would have been much worse except for the pressure that was brought against the prosecutor by the media and the good people here at FR.
It is another sign that we are winning the culture war.
To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
I don't see that he did anything wrong either. The prosecutor belongs in jail.
Better yet, take away the prosecutors gun.
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posted on
06/10/2003 5:25:51 AM PDT
by
magslinger
(Go NAVAIR!)
To: ActionNewsBill
Yeah, Riker's Island isn't a "county jail."
I damn sure wouldn't want to spend 3 days there.
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posted on
06/10/2003 5:28:51 AM PDT
by
circles
To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
The prosecutor belongs in jail. He needs to be arrested on federal charges for violating Dixon's civil Rights.
Too bad we have a corrupt AG who is too interested in bragging about setting records for gun prosecutions to do anything about it.
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posted on
06/10/2003 5:29:20 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(Live Free or die)
To: circles
I damn sure wouldn't want to spend 3 days there. I wonder how long it will be until the bootlicking contigent shows up saying "he deserves to get raped by Bubba" for breaking the law.
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posted on
06/10/2003 5:30:07 AM PDT
by
Mulder
(Live Free or die)
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