>Would you or I be afforded the same determination?
Umm...actually yes. Reports indicate that Rep. Saine was treated more harshly than you or I would have been because she is a pro-gun politician. She was arrested and spent a night in jail. That doesn't happen to most people who make an innocent mistake at DIA.
Wow. Gotta admit I am surprised, expecially considering it's Denver, CO. I've done plenty of posts over the years where that was not the case, but isolated anecdotes don't trump numbers.
The law is the law, except when it's not.
ReplyDelete>Would you or I be afforded the same determination?
ReplyDeleteUmm...actually yes. Reports indicate that Rep. Saine was treated more harshly than you or I would have been because she is a pro-gun politician. She was arrested and spent a night in jail. That doesn't happen to most people who make an innocent mistake at DIA.
"Reports"?
ReplyDeleteGot an attibutable cite that validates that claim with numbers?
Here you go:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2017/12/14/colorado-state-representative-accused-bringing-gun-dia-not-charged/952686001/
Officers have responded to 106 reports of a firearm found at a security checkpoint at the airport this year.
Only Saine and one other person were jailed, according to the police department.
Wow. Gotta admit I am surprised, expecially considering it's Denver, CO. I've done plenty of posts over the years where that was not the case, but isolated anecdotes don't trump numbers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the education.