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Meanwhile Meredith Graves, a law-abiding citizen from TN with a legitimate carry permit, is looking at 3 years in a NY prison for trying to do the right thing, and check her gun when she saw a sign at "Ground Zero" while carrying her lawfull-possessed firearm. And THAT story got ALL KINDS of national news coverage...
So when some violent, crazed tatoo artists transports an illegally-obtained gun into NY to hang out with a bunch of unemployed anti-American hippies, it's OK, but when some law-abiding woman from TN tries to follow the law, she's looking at prison.
Yeah, that makes sense...
Abide is not synonymous with obey. It means delay, stay, dwell, sojourn, endure, sustain, submit, tolerate, suffer, suffer for ... It's from Old English 'to wait' - from before Shakespeare.I don't believe there is such a thing as a law-abiding citizen.
I don't believe there is such a thing as a law-abiding citizen... Some people try to follow the law to the best of their ability, but with millions of laws on the books on the municipal, county, state, and federal levels, everyone is a criminal and nobody has the ability to know or follow all of the laws. Many criminals never knew they were one, and some have never been convicted of their crimes, but we are all criminals.
Some criminals rape, rob, and kill. Others bring the wrong thing in the wrong place, step over the wrong imaginary line in the sand, ingest the wrong thing, do something trivial without the proper licenses or tax stamps, or break some other obscure law.
Domestic violence, broke NUMEROUS laws afterwards. .. Then "fell prey" ... Decent people?Basically, he's not allowed to possess because of a domestic violence incident (which appears to be legit),
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and fell prey to their draconian gun laws.
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I admit, none of what he did harmed anyone, but he did break multiple laws.
One more example of a bunch of bad laws - they don't stop criminals, they do infringe the rights of decent people.
Only the law abiding abide the law.
Meanwhile Meredith Graves, a law-abiding citizen from TN with a legitimate carry permit, is looking at 3 years in a NY prison for trying to do the right thing, and check her gun when she saw a sign at "Ground Zero" while carrying her lawfull-possessed firearm. And THAT story got ALL KINDS of national news coverage...
So when some violent, crazed tatoo artists transports an illegally-obtained gun into NY to hang out with a bunch of unemployed anti-American hippies, it's OK, but when some law-abiding woman from TN tries to follow the law, she's looking at prison.
Yeah, that makes sense...
Domestic violence, broke NUMEROUS laws afterwards. .. Then "fell prey" ... Decent people?
Maybe I am not understanding the OP's intent. Yes, NY gun laws are ridiculous as are those of most of the NE states and IL, CA and HI. However, a guy who commits domestic violence and then several felonies is not decent people and is not remotely an example of LAC. Sounds like he was headed towards getting busted by an LEO somewhere for something soon.
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Now, since the pistol was apparently a gift, that would be legal, right?
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You need a pistol purchase permit to receive a hand gun in NC, unless you hold a NC CHP
Do you have to get that from the Sheriff like we used to have in MO?
There are more people in prison in the US today than Stalin EVER had in his gulags.
There are more black men in prison in the USA today than there were slaves in the USA in 1850.
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2012/01/30/120130crat_atlarge_gopnik?currentPage=all
Anyone who doesn't think we are already living in a police state is just uninformed about the TRUE nature of the Prison-Industrial Complex...
I did see something disturbing on MSNBC (I find it disturbing I watched anything on MSNBC as well) about prisoners manufacturing consumer goods for private industrial profit, on this issue I'm in agreement (I assume) with you that it's wrong.
Getting charged with domestic violence these days can happen even if you were miles away at the time your "baby's momma" alleged you beat her. If your brother is pist off at you and throws his keys at you he can be charged with DV. If your 36 y/o loser druggie daughter who's "living with you" after her release from rehab and you slap her in the head after finding her in your house with her deadbeat friends sharing a needle, you're guilty of DV. The Laughtenberg Law is one of the most insidious reactionary laws passed in a futile attempt too keep people from killing each other, even though killing itself is illegal.
That's right, buddy. Don't break the law.DON'T BREAK THE %$#@!* LAW!!!!
Ayn Rand commented on this in Atlas Shrugged. The bad guy said:
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kinds of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of lawbreakers - and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."