Man Charged with Violating the New York Safe Act-3 Magazines over 10 rounds

[Torn]

Very surprised to read here the comments regarding "he knew the laws...blah blah blah...he deserves what he gets."

That's complete and utter bull****. We wouldn't even have a country if that attitude pervaded the colonies. If you see an unjust law you have no moral obligation to obey it. Fight it, ignore it, rail against it, or go meekly to your shower, your clothes will be returned to you when you come out.

I didn't mean to imply that he deserved what he got only that if you decide to make a stand (against any law or issue) you need make sure you are willing to lose your life, your liberty, your family over that issue and most likely you will be standing alone.

 

[palmettomoon]

I didn't mean to imply that he deserved what he got only that if you decide to make a stand (against any law or issue) you need make sure you are willing to lose your life, your liberty, your family over that issue and most likely you will be standing alone.

Of that there can be little to no doubt. Most " americans' " chains rest very lightly on their bodies.

 

[baxterday]

So the reason for the stop and arrest he was acquitted on? Wouldn't anything found after that be fruit of the poison tree? Sounds like he could have used a more experience lawyer.

 

[palmettomoon]

Might have had a GLOCK sticker on his rear window. Hate speech and all, probable cause to pull over a gun owning domestic terrorist if in front of the "right" judge.

 

[Lazarus]

Why does he or anybody live in that Butt Hole state in the first place.

The food... only reason I go there.

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

When I lived in New York, there was only one permit available (permit to carry concealed) and it was required to own a handgun. There was no right to just have a gun in the home.

At least since the late 1940s, when so many WWII vets started coming back from the service with a newfound interest in guns and also bringing-back war trophies with them, NY State had a two-tier licensing system.

A "premises only" pistol permit was easy to get. It was basically handgun registration without much of a hassle. But the gun could not leave your property! Not even to take it shooting, or to bring it to a gun shop for service or repairs.
This permit was meant for collectors or the casual gun owner who wanted to "keep a gun on the nightstand" but never practice with it.

A pistol carry license was harder to get. I don't know what it required in the 1940s through the 1970s, but in my day it required active membership in a gun club that had its own shooting range. It required several character references, some of whom had to be handgun permit holders themselves. It involved a background check, fingerprinting, and several months of waiting.

When I lived in NY, I had an unrestricted carry-in-public permit. Other people I knew had carry permits that the judge limited to "daytime hours only, unless returning from hunting or target range." I also knew a couple of people that had the Premises Only type of license.

P.S. During the time I first lived in NYS, there were no statewide restrictions on rifles or shotguns, but then they had an "assault weapon" ban that was a copy of the federal law that existed 1994-2004.
Even today, I think anybody 18+ can buy, and immediately take home, a pump-action shotgun or a "sporting" rifle or carbine with a legal 10-round magazine.
A Mini-14 with its standard configuration stock and a couple of 10 round mags represents a lot of firepower from home (and homeland) defense, and New Yorkers are welcome to own that with no more restrictions than in any other part of the country (I mean NY state, not counting NYC or other cities with local laws that are stricter).

 

[MILSURP Collector]

(I mean NY state, not counting NYC or other cities with local laws that are stricter).

Glad you clarified I was a NYC resident and at 18 had to get a weapons permit for rifle or shotgun. Pistol was impossible.

 

[GeauxLSU]

If the man is convicted and serves a single day, I really REALLY hope there's more to the story about why he had 3 unloaded illegal mags in his car...

 

[Plinker66]

Ii don't know the details, but IMO it would be error and prolly even unconstitutional to impose a mandatory 7-year-per-count sentence for any victimless malum prohibitum type offense.

 

[jeep78]

What happened to all those NY cops that said they would refuse to enforce the Safe Act? They must have all quit in protest.......