I'm surprised the cop wasted his time arresting this guy. And does the cop need a warrant to look inside a gun and count the bullets?

Do any libs here want to defend this? Here we have an otherwise honest man who is not harming anyone and he's arrested over 2 bullets, which I'm sure is far less that the typical gang banger has.

Quote:Gregory Dean, Jr. was pulled over in New Lebanon, N.Y., Sunday for a light on his license plate being burnt out. But what began as a simple traffic stop ended up with Dean being arrested over two bullets in his registered firearm, which put him in violation of the state’s new law, the Journal News reported.

Last month, a provision in New York’s strict gun control laws went into effect, making it illegal to have more than seven rounds in a magazine unless said firearm was being used at a range or in a competition.

The state troopers saw a .40-caliber pistol on Dean’s passenger side when they approached his window. Although it was lawfully possessed by Dean, they discovered nine bullets within the magazine, putting him two bullets over the seven-bullet max set by the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.

Dean was arrested for this violation and charged with unlawful possession for the number of bullets in the ammunition feeding device and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, according to the Journal News. Both are misdemeanor charges that went along with infractions he received regarding the light outage on his vehicle as well.

Dean was released without bail and has a court date for later this month.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/...ullet-cap/

Clearly a weapon of mass destruction. DHS ought to have a crack at him.

I'm far more concerned about the risk to the public of that burnt out license plate light. I mean, think how many children he's putting at risk!

Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and breaking the law by just a little is no excuse, but FFS.........

(05-14-2013 04:20 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Ignorance of the law is no excuse

Disagree. There has to be some leniency to laws. Even more so new laws that are recent on the books. Officers want to talk about how "regular civilians" don't know it all....but nail their ass over the fact.

There's not a single cop or lawyer, judge or anyone else out there that even remotely knows all the laws either. "Ignorance of the law" applies to everyone.

(05-14-2013 04:51 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(05-14-2013 04:20 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Ignorance of the law is no excuse

Disagree. There has to be some leniency to laws. Even more so new laws that are recent on the books. Officers want to talk about how "regular civilians" don't know it all....but nail their ass over the fact.

The police, as much as it pain's me to say, did exactly what the taxpayers should expect. This is for the court to judge, not the officer.

In cases like this, I would hope that there would be some jury nullification going on.....

Ridiculous

The leftist zombies are probably clapping. The problem is, they don't know why.

(05-14-2013 05:52 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  

(05-14-2013 04:51 PM)uofmcamaro Wrote:  

(05-14-2013 04:20 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  Ignorance of the law is no excuse

Disagree. There has to be some leniency to laws. Even more so new laws that are recent on the books. Officers want to talk about how "regular civilians" don't know it all....but nail their ass over the fact.

The police, as much as it pain's me to say, did exactly what the taxpayers should expect. This is for the court to judge, not the officer.

I disagree. There is gray areas that officers should follow. For instance, I rolled through a stop sign one night in a empty parking lot. It was at something like 11 at night. Nobody in the parking lot. Yes, I broke the law. However, the officer, IMO, should have used a bit of discretion at that point and lectured me and let me know.

In this person's case the officer has a new law on the books that the "civilian" may not know about. Yes, he is breaking the law. With it being a new law I don't see a point in having to arrest someone. The gray area should also bring in a point of education. Doesn't always have to be black and white.

(05-14-2013 03:40 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  I'm surprised the cop wasted his time arresting this guy. And does the cop need a warrant to look inside a gun and count the bullets?

Do any libs here want to defend this? Here we have an otherwise honest man who is not harming anyone and he's arrested over 2 bullets, which I'm sure is far less that the typical gang banger has.

Quote:Gregory Dean, Jr. was pulled over in New Lebanon, N.Y., Sunday for a light on his license plate being burnt out. But what began as a simple traffic stop ended up with Dean being arrested over two bullets in his registered firearm, which put him in violation of the state’s new law, the Journal News reported.

Last month, a provision in New York’s strict gun control laws went into effect, making it illegal to have more than seven rounds in a magazine unless said firearm was being used at a range or in a competition.

The state troopers saw a .40-caliber pistol on Dean’s passenger side when they approached his window. Although it was lawfully possessed by Dean, they discovered nine bullets within the magazine, putting him two bullets over the seven-bullet max set by the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act.

Dean was arrested for this violation and charged with unlawful possession for the number of bullets in the ammunition feeding device and third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, according to the Journal News. Both are misdemeanor charges that went along with infractions he received regarding the light outage on his vehicle as well.

Dean was released without bail and has a court date for later this month.


http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/05/...ullet-cap/

I am all for the man to remove both of the bullets into his own body in order to comply with the law. If you have to have a gun and especially apparently in relative plain sight on the passenger side of the car, it would mean one less moron in the world.