Posted on 01/02/2012 7:16:49 AM PST by marktwain
New York lawmakers are reportedly asking the Manhattan District Attorney's Office to show mercy to a Tennessee tourist who was arrested for bringing a gun to the 9/11 Memorial.
City Councilman Peter Vallone Jr., D-Queens, chairman of the Public Safety Committee, personally asked Cyrus Vance Jr.s office not to push for the 3 1/2-year minimum sentence for Meredith Graves, 39, the New York Post reports.
By prosecuting this woman and seeking 3 1/2 years of jail, we are shooting our own [gun-control] efforts in the foot and giving the rest of the country ammunition, Vallone said.
Graves had a .32-caliber Kel-Tec handgun in her purse when she went to the memorial on Dec. 22 and tried to check it with a cop after she saw a sign reading No Guns.
Vallone cited a recently passed House bill that would allow people to carry registered guns between all states regardless of local laws.
Clearly, the laws are too strict here, but thats something we need to work out for ourselves without honoring licenses to carry guns in states where felons can carry them, he said.
After Graves was arrested, police found a white substance in her purse. The Manhattan District Attorneys Office is awaiting test results before considering charges, the Post reports.
Councilman Vincent Ignizio, R-Staten Island, said he fears that cops and prosecutors are trying to make an example of Graves.
It seems like this is more about making an example of her than it is punitive measures for her offense, Ignizio said. And I just think a judge will take that into consideration when handing down her sentence.
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Same thing with our local Gander Mountain. I feel respected there, even though I don't flaunt my CCW (after all, concealed means concealed).
Strawman argument.
There are no such states.
Yeah, felons don’t carry ‘em in NY.That guy must have licked the windows on his school bus.........And it was a very short bus.....
Nope. This is the problem with arguing about gun control - the proponents are basing their opinions on lies which the believe to be the unvarnished truth, and when you point out the truth to them, they think you're in the pay of the NRA.
Yeah, how sick that they call for mercy to further their insane cause, rather than mercy because it’s warranted. Liberal Democrats are part of the Axis of Evil.
>>Clearly, the laws are too strict here, but thats something we need to work out for ourselves without honoring licenses to carry guns in states where felons can carry them,
Which states allow that?
“You bitter clingers ain’t welcome in Bloomturd’s city.”
By prosecuting this woman and seeking 3 1/2 years of jail, we are shooting our own [gun-control] efforts in the foot and giving the rest of the country ammunition," Vallone said.
The law is doing what it is designed to do, make felons out of those who don't toe the legislator's line.
Will he ofer the same excuse for ALL others in a similar predicament against HIS law? Why is this lady special?
1. She is a poster child for the stupidity and injustice of the New York law. 2. She made national news, and exposes New York City's stupidity, injustice, and flouting of the rule of law for all to see. 3. She therefore threatens the NYC establishment's power, and the quickest and easiest way to avoid their predicament is to make a special case for her. 4. They are used to giving special "deals" all the time, so that they rule essentially by fiat. The rule of law is something that merely is an impediment to their rule.
They seem to be feeling embarrassed by the police state they have created.
None.
Where is the ACLU? I can possibly see this becoming a SCOTUS case.
“The Right To Keep and Bear Arms Shall Not Be Infringed” except in NYC
Which states allow that?
Actually it is not a completely fallacious argument.
It is not impossible in many states.
In some states a felon can have his right to own firearms restored to him. In Ohio a felon can petition the state to have those rights restored. It is a long process requiring the person to show that he/she is reformed and with out offending for some time.
You may recall that Clinton when running for his first term pardoned a friend of his so that he could resume hunting. So pardoned felons reasonably could get a CCW.
There are also some activist in Ohio seeking to make it automatic for felons to have their 2nd Amendment rights restore after completing their sentence.
I personally may not be opposed to that if the offence was non-violent. It is an issue I would have to study for some time.
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