To Fight Another Day

The lawyer for Georgia's largest independent gun dealer said this week that his client trusted a New York jury would find that he had done nothing to put guns into the hands of New York City criminals—until the presiding judge announced that the jury would deliver a recommendation, rather than a verdict.

“I like to dub it as the 'fake jury,'” said New York attorney John F. Renzulli, about an advisory jury suggested by the trial judge...

Lawyers for New York City argued this week that by giving up so close to trial, Renzulli and [Jay] Wallace also gave up their right to appeal. Renzulli responded that, “in no uncertain terms, that's not even close to correct.”

It's obscene that such maneuverings and technicalities would even need to be considered in an American court, which like all government, only exists in principle to secure the blessings of liberty. That the courts are used instead as state organs of repression makes things very dangerous, indeed--when you take away official recourse for justice, men will look to other channels.

Then you get Orwellian statements from creatures like Kenneth W. Taber about obeying the law, especially considering the "shall not be infringed" proscription in "the supreme law of the land"...

It's supposed stewards have usurped the law, twisted to their own ends, presumed to be its masters rather than its champions...

Anyway, Jay Wallace still needs help. This truly is a David and Goliath story. If you are appalled by the unfairness he's up against, and think no man should have to face that alone, go here and do something about it.

[Via Chris Horton]