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That was just his home-defense gun. At least they didn't get the six other go-guns he had buried in his lawn.Gee wiz that's just ****ing dandy. **** NY and every shitbag legislature in this country trying to screw us all over.
I believe that this now makes him a federally PP. If that be the case "Commie Cuomo" has accomplished his goal.
There is a battle for freedom, and the other side has learned that the way to win is to take any territory, however small. No matter how small the gain, once something is prohibited, it is nearly impossible to get it back and if a generation or two passes, it becomes "unthinkable" that a mere private citizen could possess one (just look at the attitude towards machine guns).Logically there is no reason to limit the number of these features except as the start of the slippery slope toward zero features.
I believe that this now makes him a federally PP. If that be the case "Commie Cuomo" has accomplished his goal.
Gun owners are the new boogeyman .
.Benjamin Wassell was sentenced to five years probation Friday by Acting Chautauqua County Court Judge Michael D’Amico. The 33-year-old had been one of the first people charged under elements of New York’s SAFE ACT. Those charges were eventually set aside by a grand jury, which still charged him with three felony counts, including possession of an illegal firearm, sale of a firearm, and possession with intent to sell a firearm.
“What happened here would’ve been criminal before the SAFE ACT was passed,” noted Judge D’Amico.
Wassell was found to be in possession of an AR-15 with at least three “assault features” attached to it, including a bayonet mount, a pistol grip, and a telescoping butt stock. Before the SAFE ACT, New Yorkers were allowed to own certain guns with up to two assault features.
Wassell served as a Marine in Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has two young children at home and told the judge, “I have never been in trouble before this or since this, and I will not be in trouble in the future.”
Wassell must stay away from guns and alcohol during the five years of probation.
Exactly this. Progressives will argue "Hey, he didn't even get any jail time, it's just a slap on the wrist." Being a federal PP is a lifetime sentence
I don't get it. The judge said it would have been criminal to possess the AR before the Safe Act, how? Also do they have licensing in NY cause it says he illegally sold the firearm.
From a quick Google search and my interpretation:
the AWB was in effect in NY before the Safe Act so that's what he was convicted of. The magazine capacity laws were Safe Act and charges were dismissed.
So this case can't be used to challenge the Safe Act on appeal.