Prison for driving with flintlock pistol?

[Crossbow]

It was a response to your admitted violation of the law with regards to your transport of firearms.

OK thanks.

Since you actually asked me two questions but it turns out that you do not actually have any questions for me,
then I will not bother answering your questions since you were never actually asking me questions to begin with.

That all makes perfect sense now.

 

[bruto]

But it seems that the officer could have been in serious trouble if he didn't arrest this man. If officers do not have that discretion then it was up to the prosecutor to use it. The charges are stupid.

Point taken. Somewhere along the line it should be possible to stop the machinery.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Point taken. Somewhere along the line it should be possible to stop the machinery.

And it seems that there were drugs involved as well. So does the possession of this weapon matter when added to other crimes?

 

[WildCat]

It is just that negligence with a firearm is held to only be when drunk via case law. No matter how stupid ones actions are while sober they are not viewed as negligent.

Demonstrably false, you really should stop making stuff up. Can you make your case with actual facts? If not, perhaps you're position is one based on emotion and belief and not critical thinking?

I would honestly be shocked if killing your neighbors would be enough to force someone from stopping using their jurry rigged firing range in a trailer park in Florida. It seems unlikely.

At least now we know there is a point you'll start being honest.

 

[ponderingturtle]

Demonstrably false, you really should stop making stuff up. Can you make your case with actual facts? If not, perhaps you're position is one based on emotion and belief and not critical thinking?

So why shouldn't we believe the prosecutors stated reasons for ignoring this case?

 

[sadhatter]

And it seems that there were drugs involved as well. So does the possession of this weapon matter when added to other crimes?

Man this is a unique case.

On one hand I'm rolling my eyes at the charges for a firearm, on the other, I'm half wondering now if the gun was not used as a method of circumventing gun laws. (its possible to me he could threaten someone with it using the logic that police are unlikely to believe someone if they were to claim to be threatened with an antique).

 

[WildCat]

So why shouldn't we believe the prosecutors stated reasons for ignoring this case?

What case are you referring to?

 

[Cleon]

Charges dropped.

 

[madurobob]

Charges dropped.

Surprise!

So, you think he's gonna refund the $25K he raised on the crowdfunding site as a "legal defense fund"?

 

[Cleon]

Surprise!

So, you think he's gonna refund the $25K he raised on the crowdfunding site as a "legal defense fund"?

Only $21K so far. I expect a few thousand will still go to his lawyer(s), dunno what he'll do with the rest. I suspect a donation to the NRA or some such.

 

[Noztradamus]

Charges dropped.

But what about the matter of selling laudanum and ether?