2aguy
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Read this man's story...a law abiding citizen, doing the right thing...and arrested for a 2nd degree felony....
This is where anti gun nuttery is out of control.....
This "mistake" should be like any other small violation...at most, a small fine....as encouragement to be more careful....not a felony....
National Review
The Garden State’s draconian firearms regulations have ensnared another innocent person — but he may beat the rap. On September 20, 2013, a 22-year-old private security guard named Steffon Josey-Davis was unloading his service pistol in his car when his six-year-old sister suddenly entered the garage. Hoping to avoid alarming her, Josey-Davis stopped what he was doing, placed his gun quietly into the glove box, and, having been “distracted by a chain of events,” quickly forgot all about it
. Later that evening, while out for a drive with his girlfriend, he was pulled over for a minor traffic offense, at which point he volunteered to the officer that he had a loaded firearm in the front of the car, in violation of New Jersey’s transportation rules. The pistol was confiscated, and, when he went to pick it up later in the week, he was arrested and charged with illegal possession — a second-degree felony. Of all the states in all the country, Steffon Josey-Davis had to screw up in this one.
Whatever his intentions might have been, there is no question that Josey-Davis broke the law. In a recent interview with Fox News, he noted rather hopefully that his concealed-carry permit “was due to be approved the week he was arrested.” Perhaps this is true, and he would have received it shortly after. But it is also utterly irrelevant.
If one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. If one lacks that permit, one is in violation of the law. Steffon Josey-Davis was in violation of the law.
Stupid laws like this punish the wrong people....a law abiding citizen should not face a felony for this mistake......
This is where anti gun nuttery is out of control.....
This "mistake" should be like any other small violation...at most, a small fine....as encouragement to be more careful....not a felony....
National Review
The Garden State’s draconian firearms regulations have ensnared another innocent person — but he may beat the rap. On September 20, 2013, a 22-year-old private security guard named Steffon Josey-Davis was unloading his service pistol in his car when his six-year-old sister suddenly entered the garage. Hoping to avoid alarming her, Josey-Davis stopped what he was doing, placed his gun quietly into the glove box, and, having been “distracted by a chain of events,” quickly forgot all about it
. Later that evening, while out for a drive with his girlfriend, he was pulled over for a minor traffic offense, at which point he volunteered to the officer that he had a loaded firearm in the front of the car, in violation of New Jersey’s transportation rules. The pistol was confiscated, and, when he went to pick it up later in the week, he was arrested and charged with illegal possession — a second-degree felony. Of all the states in all the country, Steffon Josey-Davis had to screw up in this one.
Whatever his intentions might have been, there is no question that Josey-Davis broke the law. In a recent interview with Fox News, he noted rather hopefully that his concealed-carry permit “was due to be approved the week he was arrested.” Perhaps this is true, and he would have received it shortly after. But it is also utterly irrelevant.
If one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon, one needs a permit to carry a concealed weapon. If one lacks that permit, one is in violation of the law. Steffon Josey-Davis was in violation of the law.
Stupid laws like this punish the wrong people....a law abiding citizen should not face a felony for this mistake......