I have a concealed handgun license so I can have anything I want in my car. Here in Oregon if you have a loaded handgun in an accessible place in your car and do not have a concealed handgun license, you are facing misdemeanor charges at the worst. You wont get 5-10 years and a felony conviction.
How about a pardon from Christie? Isn't that what pardons are for? Situations when the system seems to have failed? Or do New Jersey folks actually support the law and even though the gentleman does not fit the profile of a criminal, they expect more care to be taken by gun owners?
Better yet, how about some prosecutorial discretion? How about some rational sentencing guidelines? Even if the majority of voters in New Jersey agreed with the law, (which is doubtful) sentencing a nonviolent person with no criminal record to 5-10 years and a felony conviction is ridiculous.
That's what he got though isn't it? He took the plea deal and didn't do 5-10 years.
Good luck with all that.
Yes, but now he has a felony on his record for the rest of his life and cannot fulfill his dream of being a police officer. He will also be excluded from many other jobs, as well as losing his right to vote and own guns. He should have been offered a plea deal that did not force him to plead guilty to a felony simply for having a legally owned gun in his glove box.
I admit I have a hard time feeling sorry for this guy. I don't buy his story, and he basically got himself arrested by admitting to a crime the police weren't even trying to arrest him for.
Yeah, it sucks. But it happens to people all the time with all manner of charges. He's one of many million in this country.
Just had to go on a rant against the NAACP on Fox News... gets a pardon from Christie lol. Gotta love America.
Hmmm. Doesn't work when Rand Paul rants against all the ridiculous sentences for pot.
