Posted on 12/04/2008 5:34:20 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress is facing a mandatory 3½ years in prison and the end of his football career. His crime? Not having a license, which New York City never would have issued him, for the exercise of his constitutional right to bear arms.
Plaxico Burress is led to his arraignment in Manhattan. To be sure, Mr. Burress got caught because of what appears to have been stupid and irresponsible behavior connected with the handgun. But he does not face prison for shooting himself. His impending mandatory sentence highlights the unfairness and unconstitutionality of New York City's draconian gun laws.
Mr. Burress had previously had a handgun carry permit issued by Florida, for which he was required to pass a fingerprint-based background check. As a player for the Giants, he moved to Totowa, N.J., where he kept a Glock pistol. And last Friday night, he reportedly went to the Latin Quarter nightclub in midtown Manhattan carrying the loaded gun in his sweatpants. Because New York state permits to possess or carry handguns are not issued to nonresidents, Mr. Burress could not apply for a New York City permit.
At the nightclub, the handgun accidentally discharged, shooting Mr. Burress in the right thigh. He was not seriously injured, but he has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
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There would then have been no need to include the first half of the sentence. It is there for a reason. Neither you nor I know what that reason is. That is why we have a Supreme Court to interpret laws.
Maybe someday it will be held that anyone can carry any kind of arm anywhere for any reason, but that isn’t the current interpretation. The laws of New York will probably change soon anyway, but conservatives obey the law. Part of being a conservative is believing that the United States is a nation of laws.
That’s a fine blond right there.
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I wonder what robertpaulson has been up to...
If I tell my son, "Since you need a car to get to work, I won't stop you from buying one", couldn't a reasonable person infer that I wanted my son to use the car for work?
OK. But they the counts were a little more specific. They found that he caused the deaths and committed battery. A little more than just 'liable'.
The jury found O.J. Simpson willfully and wrongfully caused the death of Ronald Goldman. They also found that Simpson committed battery against Goldman, and that battery was committed with oppression, which means cruelty, and malice.
Robertpaulson may be part of the new Obama administration. After trying to re-register with a couple of obvious new names, he disappeared. He had a real love of Big Brother government, and may currently be singing hymns to Obama.
I’m in favor of fair and consistent application of laws.
And IMO some deserve more consistent applications than do others!
Well thank you very much. I see you still did not ping him on this one either. In your haste to criticize me, a total stranger, you seem to have neglected to read what I wrote. I Never said that you said Soliton was rallying around a law-breaking punk.
But, there could be occassions when having a gun in NYC would preclude you from being victimized — you simply state that for some reason in NYC you wouldn’t have time to pull it if jumped — are their special jumping techniques in NYC that are not applicable elsewhere??
Anyone who carries for self defense realizes its not a magic shield, and if you suddenly get clubbed over the head from behind the gun is worthless.
I worked in NYC for 19 years, and don’t agree that it is a “special place,” at least not in the sense that you say that.
That’s a disgusting story. If I was a trooper, I wouldn’t have waved them along, I would have lead them down the breakdown lane, cutting a path through traffic, on the airwaves to let a hospital know.
If I was that guy’s superior, I would have ordered him a week off without pay. You just don’t do that kind of stuff.
I dont make or agree with the law. But living in the liberal land of NY, I have to follow them just like everyone else.
Emperor Bloomberg, the elitist hypocrite limo-liberal, doesn't believe that any gun laws apply to him, either. Its why he orders agents to travel out of state to violate federal gun laws (straw purchases). In the past his Highness has come out and said something like "Guns are bad and can kill people." Something juvenile like that. I can dig out the quote. The Emperor is a vile man.
Perhaps. But the material reference is to the assertion that you will not stop the buying.
If the son decided that his job was close enough to walk to work, does this mean that you will stop him from buying a car? Or does your prior decision that he needed a car still stand? Who has the power to change YOUR decision regarding the necessity? ONLY YOU. And who has the power to reverse the decision to not oppose buying? ONLY YOU. What I ask you to recognize is that these are two distinct items.
The first item is your decison regarding the need. The second item is your decision not to oppose buying. The link is obvious, but the decisions are distinct and not reversible by anybody but you.
What gun control are you in favor of?
No. No you don't. You just choose to. This is a default "win" for them.
Another moron who doesn't understand what a prefatory clause is. the fist half justifies the second, it doesn't modify it.
Take a remedial English course.
Now you’re denying what you originally said.
I died right after I gave my permission. Now it is up to the courts to decide what I meant in my will. Did I mean that he could ONLY use the car for work? Did I mean that he could only buy a car suitable for work? I am not around to tell anyone what I meant, but my reason for giving permission exists and must be considered.
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I’ll tell you how irrelevant it is. Got stopped by a trooper for speeding. See what happens if you have a clean record versus a history of 6 tickets.
What do you think those troopers are doing when they’re back in their cars. They’re making jokes about nailing the guy again. They love it when they someone with a history.
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