PavePusher
Regular Member
After reading the following articles in the ADS, I wrote the below paragraphs to the paper. DOn't know if anyone will take notice or not, but I took a shot at it.
http://azstarnet.com/sports/article_17dcd200-7e25-11df-abad-001cc4c002e0.html
http://azstarnet.com/sports/footbal...cle_6e12236e-ca5a-5e57-b8f4-5f4cf1838f1e.html
http://azstarnet.com/sports/footbal...cle_50b70ab2-6dac-5712-9e52-220a284057fa.html
Re: Your articles of Tuesday, June 22 (Arizona Wildcats football: Wide receiver arrested, suspended from team), Wednesday, June 23 (Receiver suspended following gun arrest) and Saturday, June 26 (TPD report: Receiver denied having gun).
Firstly, in Wednesday's printing, your reporter, Ryan Finley, stated "It is unknown whether the gun was registered in Dean's name". Apparently, fact checking is not part of Finley's resume, nor part of the Arizona Daily Stars's operations. As you should well know by now, there is no "gun registration" in Arizona, nor in most of the nation.
Secondly, in Saturday's article, Finley continues this deception/misconstruction by writing "It is unknown whether Dean has a gun permit". There is no such thing as a "gun permit" in Arizona and, again, in most of the country. Arizona follows both the State and Federal Constitution, meaning that any non-prohibited person may own firearms without needing to beg permission from the government. We do have a "Concealed Weapons Permit" that allows Citizens to carry concealed weapons (will no longer be required within the state at the end of July), but those same items may be carried openly with no government intrusion.
Due to the fact that this information is well known and easy to find, it can only be presumed that such distortions are purposeful. Please cease and desist in attempting to perpetuate the falsehood that Citizens must seek out government permission to exercise their Constitutionally enumerated and protected Civil Rights.
PavePusher, USAF
I did not take any position on the student/player's actions, sounds like he was not engaging in lawful, well-intentioned conduct, but there could always be more to the story than what got into the paper...
http://azstarnet.com/sports/article_17dcd200-7e25-11df-abad-001cc4c002e0.html
http://azstarnet.com/sports/footbal...cle_6e12236e-ca5a-5e57-b8f4-5f4cf1838f1e.html
http://azstarnet.com/sports/footbal...cle_50b70ab2-6dac-5712-9e52-220a284057fa.html
Re: Your articles of Tuesday, June 22 (Arizona Wildcats football: Wide receiver arrested, suspended from team), Wednesday, June 23 (Receiver suspended following gun arrest) and Saturday, June 26 (TPD report: Receiver denied having gun).
Firstly, in Wednesday's printing, your reporter, Ryan Finley, stated "It is unknown whether the gun was registered in Dean's name". Apparently, fact checking is not part of Finley's resume, nor part of the Arizona Daily Stars's operations. As you should well know by now, there is no "gun registration" in Arizona, nor in most of the nation.
Secondly, in Saturday's article, Finley continues this deception/misconstruction by writing "It is unknown whether Dean has a gun permit". There is no such thing as a "gun permit" in Arizona and, again, in most of the country. Arizona follows both the State and Federal Constitution, meaning that any non-prohibited person may own firearms without needing to beg permission from the government. We do have a "Concealed Weapons Permit" that allows Citizens to carry concealed weapons (will no longer be required within the state at the end of July), but those same items may be carried openly with no government intrusion.
Due to the fact that this information is well known and easy to find, it can only be presumed that such distortions are purposeful. Please cease and desist in attempting to perpetuate the falsehood that Citizens must seek out government permission to exercise their Constitutionally enumerated and protected Civil Rights.
PavePusher, USAF
I did not take any position on the student/player's actions, sounds like he was not engaging in lawful, well-intentioned conduct, but there could always be more to the story than what got into the paper...