A shameless opportunist who won't hesitate exploiting this to attack the rights of his overwhelmingly peaceable countrymen...Anyone want to place bets?
UPDATE: Here's the felony complaint.
A shameless opportunist who won't hesitate exploiting this to attack the rights of his overwhelmingly peaceable countrymen...
Never warn your subject prior to a sanction, first it's rather poor tactical planning and second it's against the law to warn them.
ReplyDeletethe fact that he had a license in his state only proves that some people -- including far worse people -- will bend the laws in order to get what they want, and also that everyone is prone to violence if they perceive they are sufficiently threatened.
ReplyDeletewhether it's a far-off licensing runaround, or a "gun free zone" sign next to the door on its threshold, sufficiently sociopathic people will pretend to be part of decent society, and just ignore it.
it should be obvious then that nobody can protect themselves 24/7 without a sidearm. and if that's reality, then what good do licenses do?
now, mr. wilson should have watched tom baugh's speech, because they're not the enemies, and he's mistaken to threaten one.
Sugarmann is an idiot.
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ReplyDelete"Wilson has a .38-caliber revolver registered to him and has a concealed weapons permit, Woodbury wrote."
Washington State does _not_ register ownership or possession of guns. It does maintain a registry of purchases of _handguns_ from a _licensed_ firearms dealer. Purchase from an individual does not require notification to the State by either the buyer or the seller.
Anyone who can legal possess a handgun and is over 21 will be issued a concealed carry permit upon application -- and you don't have to own a handgun or tell the State whether you do or not.
Aside from that, if the guy did what they say then he is an idiot as well as a criminal.
That statement stuck out for me, too, so I checked with NRA-ILA before I posted this. They say "No" with an asterisk in the "Handgun" column next to "Permit to Purchase", "Registration" and "Licensing", which is footnoted: "Police record is made of purchases from dealers."
ReplyDeleteThe day that speech became a crime I knew we were in trouble. I've said a lot of things over the years that could be considered a "threat" today. I didn't intend to follow through with any of them. As Pat H. said. you don't warn your target. I ashamed of how far this country has fallen.
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