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Governor Patrick blames GOAL AGAIN for holding up his unconstitutional legislation
In response to a recent GOAL alert, I contacted my rep (Katherine Clark) and today received this response from her assistant. At least they appear to have taken time to speak with Jim Wallace regarding this issue and following up with me (thanks Jim for helping to educate our legislators). They never stated their actual position on this issue but at least they seem to be paying attention:
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Hello MA_Shooter,
I wanted to follow up with you on Amendment #13. I spoke with Jim Wallace, the Executive Director of the Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL), who informed me that GOAL supports the changed language in Amendment #13 and the original intention of their amendment remains in tact. The final amendment will not allow those who are carrying a gun without a license to remain in pretrial detention, without bail, UNLESS that individual is currently a felon, on bail, or in violation of their parole. This is actually less stringent language than GOAL was going for, so they were very pleased with the amendment. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
Have a wonderful day.
Best,
Katherine
Katherine M. O'Koniewski
Legislative Aide
Office of Representative Katherine Clark
State House, Room 254
617.722.2220
http://www.staterepkatherineclark.com
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Hello MA_Shooter,
I wanted to follow up with you on Amendment #13. I spoke with Jim Wallace, the Executive Director of the Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL), who informed me that GOAL supports the changed language in Amendment #13 and the original intention of their amendment remains in tact. The final amendment will not allow those who are carrying a gun without a license to remain in pretrial detention, without bail, UNLESS that individual is currently a felon, on bail, or in violation of their parole. This is actually less stringent language than GOAL was going for, so they were very pleased with the amendment. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
Have a wonderful day.
Best,
Katherine
Katherine M. O'Koniewski
Legislative Aide
Office of Representative Katherine Clark
State House, Room 254
617.722.2220
http://www.staterepkatherineclark.com
Better would be to ask WTKK for equal air time.
You should also hand the Governor and Jim Braude the gun law poster.
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dwarven1
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I wanted to think of something intelligent to say about Patrick. All I can think of is what a douche.
Good work GOAL.
Good work GOAL.
Can we start a pool on her sentence? Me, I'll pick "probation; no jail time".![[puke2]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/031.gif "Puke2 [puke2]")
Can the MA governor pardon people? If so I'll wager a pardon just before the idiot is thrown out or moves on to screw up another state.
pdm
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+1. There's something very wrong about laws getting crammed through the process that no one understands, or has even read.
Guilty pleas are often just part of a legal strategy (or lack of funds to drag out the legal process), and not indicative of the person's conscience.
Just like most other criminals, sadly.
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Can we start a pool on her sentence? Me, I'll pick "probation; no jail time".
That's OK with me if she flips on the likely dozens of other [STRIKE]hacks[/STRIKE] co-conspirators that she's had dealings with. I bet you can hear a pin drop on Beacon Hill right now...
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Sure explains why sentencing has been delayed until September. Get the sentence in Sept, give her until Nov 9 to report to jail and then the pardon is issued.
It would be VERY interesting to get a tally of how many Democratic elected officials have been convicted of crimes vs. Republicans in the last 10 years or so. It just seems to me that you hear of Democrats breaking the law and Republicans fooling around. (Of course, the fooling around stays in the news FAR FAR FAR longer than the democrat's crime. I wonder what the numbers would jump to if you added stuff like tax cheats and criminal accusations where same party officials refuse to press charges.
Its sick in any case.
It would be VERY interesting to get a tally of how many Democratic elected officials have been convicted of crimes vs. Republicans in the last 10 years or so. It just seems to me that you hear of Democrats breaking the law and Republicans fooling around. (Of course, the fooling around stays in the news FAR FAR FAR longer than the democrat's crime. I wonder what the numbers would jump to if you added stuff like tax cheats and criminal accusations where same party officials refuse to press charges.
Its sick in any case.
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Excellent response by GOAL to our out-of-touch-Governor.
These words of our Gov really made me shake my head: We haven’t got any tools in place in terms of .... for people who commit crimes using a gun....
When he said this, a fact immediately came to my mind, the Bartley-Fox law which is supposed to be used to prosecute "people who commit crimes using a gun" which is a tool that Deval thinks is missing.
There is a post on NES somewhere that links an article from the Boston Globe that reveals just how this law is practically never used. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but during a window of time there were about 1000 (?) prosecutions for gun crimes and this law was used for only 9 of them.
Related post: http://www.northeastshooters.com/vb...ry-One-Year-in-Jail-Law?highlight=bartley+fox
These words of our Gov really made me shake my head: We haven’t got any tools in place in terms of .... for people who commit crimes using a gun....
When he said this, a fact immediately came to my mind, the Bartley-Fox law which is supposed to be used to prosecute "people who commit crimes using a gun" which is a tool that Deval thinks is missing.
There is a post on NES somewhere that links an article from the Boston Globe that reveals just how this law is practically never used. I can't remember the numbers exactly, but during a window of time there were about 1000 (?) prosecutions for gun crimes and this law was used for only 9 of them.
Related post: http://www.northeastshooters.com/vb...ry-One-Year-in-Jail-Law?highlight=bartley+fox
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And why I just finally got off my ass and joined!!
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