Posted on 08/20/2014 1:00:47 PM PDT by smokingfrog
For those of you who’ve been sleeping since it happened Friday, Travis County grand jurors indicted Perry on charges of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. The first count carries a possible prison term of five to 99 years. The second, two to 10. I’m no expert on law or math, but I believe those potential sentences each exceed one year.
And there’s more. As an indictee, Perry’s state-issued Concealed Handgun License, assuming he still has one — his office didn’t know as of Tuesday afternoon — will be suspended until the case against him is decided. (Cue the cheering coyotes.)
The indictment’s impact on Perry’s gun rights was brought to my attention by a former Democratic state legislator who seemed happy to point it out.
“I’m surprised that you haven’t analyzed the most significant and immediate impact of the governor’s indictment,” ex-state Sen. Steve Carriker, D-Roby, told me in an email including the applicable federal law.
Carriker also was most helpful in providing the official federal “Firearms Transaction Record Part 1” form, which must be filled in by firearms purchasers. Question 11b asks “Are you under indictment or information in any court for a felony, or any other crime, for which the judge could imprison you for more than one year?” (An information is a formal accusation of a crime by a prosecutor.)
For Perry that’s now a big ol’ yes. And yes means no new guns or ammo.
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What a bunch of horse hockey!
You lose the right to self defense if you are accused of a crime?
Wow, I didn’t think a simple indictment would do that. I thought it had to be a felony conviction. Damn.
I’m not especially fond of him either but I do enjoy seeing liberals worry about it.
I believe that all of TX DPS works for the Guv. That’s at least 2500 plus State Troopers.
That said, I will support him in his fight against Travis County Prosecutor's Office.
/johnny
Still won't vote for him.
/johnny
I'd have to find a new lady-friend, but I could cope.
/johnny
/johnny
I’ll vote for the most conservative in the race, primary and general. If it is him, he will get my vote.
If we manage to have someone more conservative on the ticket, I’ll vote for that one.
Once you’re indicted in TX, your CHL is immediately suspended.
It's not a two-party ticket.
/johnny
“Isn’t that presumption of guilt? I could understand if he was charged with a violent crime or something like that.”
Why, yes it is! I have always thought that the prohibition for indictment was unconstituitonal.
This could be a good case to show the need for reform of the law.
After I posted the question I went back & checked to see what penalties she received. Not much - because she knew how to game the system. Good comments on how she got away with ‘time off for good behavior’ etc.,
She left the packed courtroom quietly on Friday to start serving her sentence: 45 days in jail and a $4,000 fine under a plea agreement.
Beginning May 23, her license will also be suspended for 180 days. She waived her right to appeal.
He is governor, after all, and there's so very little he can do in Texas as governor.
I'm aware of the law, since I'm from here.
I'd still pay to see the arguments in the case.
/johnny
“I was accused of all sorts of things during my divorce (from drug dealing to spousal abuse to terror-istic threats)...”
Sounds like my nasty ex-wife’s nasty sister? Heh.
Texas needs Constitutional carry.
/johnny
However, I was certain of my wrong facts, and hopefully that counts for something!
I recall G. Gordon Liddy mentioning once that he could no longer buy or own a gun.
But he then said his wife had a large arsenal. :^)
And it doesn't stop there. Even after the charges are dismissed or he's found "Not Guilty," he'll never again be able to instantly pass a NICS background check. As it will take several days (or many more) after a NICS check is submitted to receive a clearance for purchase, he'll never again be able to "instantly" purchase a firearm.
Yes, and all the other executive agencies.
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