Anti-Gun activist breaks Gun Free Zone Law

Am I being paranoid to think the case is being carefully adjucidated in order to avoid creating some case law that mignt be used by some real bad guy (like thee and me) to someday skate, as well?
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Probably a fair assessment.
 
44AMP said:
While a misdemeanor conviction (other than domestic violence) does not strip him of his gun rights, ANY conviction (other than a traffic offense -and sometimes even those) can be grounds for revocation of his pistol license.

And any "gun" crime usually is automatic revocation. It may not be a statute requirement, but it is what they do, almost without exception.
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The relevant penal code is 400.11 which states:

11. License: revocation and suspension. (a) The conviction of a
licensee anywhere of a felony or serious offense or a licensee at any
time becoming ineligible to obtain a license under this section shall
operate as a revocation of the license. A license may be revoked or
suspended as provided for in section 530.14 of the criminal procedure
law or section eight hundred forty-two-a of the family court act. Except
for a license issued pursuant to section 400.01 of this article, a
license may be revoked and cancelled at any time in the city of New
York, and in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, by the licensing
officer, and elsewhere than in the city of New York by any judge or
justice of a court of record; a license issued pursuant to section
400.01 of this article may be revoked and cancelled at any time by the
licensing officer or any judge or justice of a court of record. The
official revoking a license shall give written notice thereof without
unnecessary delay to the executive department, division of state police,
Albany, and shall also notify immediately the duly constituted police
authorities of the locality.
 
b)admitted to
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When? He lied like a rug to conceal it. He tried to spin the answer after he got tagged for telling whoppers about it as well.
Sure after they snagged him he finally admitted it when he couldn't bury the facts any more.

Sorry, that don't cut it as an "admission" in my books.
 
b)admitted to

When? He lied like a rug to conceal it. He tried to spin the answer after he got tagged for telling whoppers about it as well.
Sure after they snagged him he finally admitted it when he couldn't bury the facts any more.

Sorry, that don't cut it as an "admission" in my books.
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Agree. But in their books, it does. Part of their "he just made a mistake, and owned up to it, give him a break" attitude.

Unfortunately, there is no law, or extra penalty that can be added for obvious hypocrisy. Or, at least, none I know of...
 
Tom Servo said:
Interesting, because it's supposed to be charged out as a Class E felony.
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Perhaps [T]he prosecutor or the judge has the power to downgrade a felony charge to a misdemeanor, and Mr. Ferguson's attorney persuaded him/her to do so in exchange for a guilty plea.

Hopefully someone who's familiar with NYS laws regarding criminal procedure will chime in.
 
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You see, the vast majority of "anti-gun" people are not really anti-gun. They're all for guns for police, and for private security to protect them and theirs, and for themselves.

They're actually just elitists - they want guns for themselves, but not "for all of you other little peon people out there."
 
Incidents like this that make me more and more sure that many who support gun control do so with purely political motivations. They see gun owners as primarily belonging to one political group, so by demonizing gun owners they make that group look bad. At the end of the day most care little about preventing violence, but just about maintaining their own political power.
 
Tom Servo said:
Ferguson has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service and a stern warning to stay out of trouble.
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Well, I'm sure glad it was a stern warning. That will certainly send the right message to would-be mass killers.

:barf:

I suspect if I spent enough time researching the Internet I could find at least five cases in which kids with toy guns (or pictures of guns) have received sentences as "stern" as this, if not stiffer. Whatever happened to "a nation of laws"? Doesn't New York have mandatory minimum sentences?
 
Same story, different periodical:

On Monday, Judge John L. Michalek sentenced Ferguson to 100 hours of community service and a conditional discharge; Michalek also sternly ordered Ferguson to keep his nose clean.
If Ferguson completes the service requirements and stays out of trouble, he won’t have to answer for the substantially more serious charge initially levied against him: Possessing a firearm on schools grounds. (He initially was looking at two felony charges of criminal gun possession.)
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http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/23/g...packing-heat-at-school-gets-lenient-sentence/

Disgust is too mild a word, but this is a family forum.:rolleyes:
 
AS far as I can tell from the deafening silence on that yes, as long as he does community service by doing the thing he's been employed to do anyway & doesn't "be a bad boy again" for the 2 years.
 
This is from the article linked in post #129 dated back in June. If this is how it will go down, it ain't over yet?

So, where does that leave us and Ferguson? Well, the police still have Ferguson’s two handguns. So, as it appears the Erie County Supreme Court isn’t required to revoke Ferguson’s pistol license, and, too, as the matter of the disposition of Ferguson’s pistol license is out of the hands of the First District Attorney of Erie County, the question is, then, who does have authority – if anyone at all – to revoke or allow Ferguson to keep his pistol carry license? That, we’ve learned, falls upon Wilmer Fowler.
 
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Ok, random thought while reading all this, someone please correct me if I'm wrong... 1) Ferguson is a sitting politician. 2) Prosecutor is an elected possition(therefore political). 3) Ferguson blatently violates a law he supported(and helped pass?) 4) Ferguson pled down to ?? and got less than a slap on the wrist. 5) Normal citizen in same jurisdiction under identical circumstances would have not recieved same treatment.

Couldn't that be considered boarder line corruption, or am I just off here, because it seems an awefully lot like a 'scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' back room deal amongst the 'non commoners'...

Like I said, I could well be off on this. I'm not looking to start any negative arguements, or insinuate anything that could be construed as an attack or falsehood...
 
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