Verdict is in! Now I can finally quote the testimony

Honest to God; you can't make this stuff up-

Recent court case regarding multiple armed robberies in the Lansing area, one exchange went something like this:

Prosecuting Attorney: "Why didn't you rob that store before?"
Robber: "Because we heard they had guns!"

I'm having that one done up in needle point. Too bad our elected officials don't sit in courts to hear what the criminals say.:banghead:

Another criminal in the same case, who had multiple previous felon in possesion of a firearm charges was asked by the prosecutor if he was worried about getting caught again: "Yeah, I was worried, but what are you going to do?" meaning, he really didn't concern himself with the law; the firearms were necessary for his line of work.:uhoh:

Dunnings said that??

lil_freak_66 said:

Dunnings said that??

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Should have clarified- Federal case tried in Grand Rapids. All the robberies took place in Lansing in 2009.

I wonder if a person could get in writing what you quoted? I know they have a court reporter taking notes of all things said, but can Joe Public get a copy? It would be nice to lay a copy on the desk of those involved with 4009 & 4010.

yes, transcripts are public record, however, there is not always a court reporter, sometimes they just use an audio recording. you can get a copy of audio recordings as well. in this case there may well be a transcript since it was federal court.

www.pacer.gov is the website, case is US v. Jasper Perdue & Jordon Ford

I haven't seen it posted, yet. Verdict came in about 5:00 PM Friday, so it may be a while, yet.

Downloads are free up to a certain point.

Would it be a good idea to get these transcripts and or recordings to give to the committee of the 4009 and 4010 bills?

Couldn't hurt. Actually hear a criminal confirm our arguments about why PFZ's are silly might help a fence sitter. Even though a typical gas station isn't a PFZ. It goes to the fact that criminals pay attention to where legal guns are and take great care NOT to commit a crime in those places. Which by default, means where they know or have good cause to believe that guns are not or are not allowed.