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Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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14. IIRC, that charge was a misdemeanor before the SAFE Act

Reply to Skeeter Barnes (Original post)

Sun Feb 9, 2014, 08:20 PM

Feb 2014

He lobbied for it to become a felony. Now he and his supporters are being total hypocrites. Had he been a vocal opponent of the SAFE Act, his now supporters would be "throw the book at him."
I don't give shit what his politics is, or what he stands for. He known broke a law that he supported to be applied to others. Fuck him, he should do the 2 year max for each count.

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SAFE Act advocate busted for carrying a gun in school. [View all] Skeeter Barnes Feb 2014 OP

I'm not sure I believe the claim that he didn't realize he had it on him. SecularMotion Feb 2014 #1

I agree - I'm pretty skeptical of that claim. Forgetting a gun in a bag petronius Feb 2014 #4

So why exactly should he be let off? clffrdjk Feb 2014 #5

In every case, I think that intent and circumstances should be considered petronius Feb 2014 #7

Well then let's consider the circumstances clffrdjk Feb 2014 #10

Seems to me he was a legal gun owner, till he wasn't. Nail him down hard. oneshooter Feb 2014 #6

Actually, it's easier to forget than you think. I used to have a Kel-Tec 9mm that I carried in a Ghost in the Machine Feb 2014 #13

Bullshit gejohnston Feb 2014 #15

GCRA recently posted on technical violations sarisataka Feb 2014 #16

Even before the safe act you could not carry on school grounds unless Historic NY Feb 2014 #2

he pushed for the act and now Duckhunter935 Feb 2014 #3

Gun control is always about elite prerogatives and dispensations... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #8

Here's another gun control supporter caught carrying illegally = misdemeanor DonP Feb 2014 #9

Bad gun laws make good folks criminals every day. ileus Feb 2014 #11

You need to post this at CastleBansALot. oneshooter Feb 2014 #12

HA! That's a good one- they tend to avoid inconvenient truths over there friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #17

I posted it in GD. I suspect it will produce some amusing replies if not locked. friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #18

IIRC, that charge was a misdemeanor before the SAFE Act gejohnston Feb 2014 #14