Posted on 01/22/2008 8:55:21 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
There are simply too many laws, and too many lawyers.
At one time, there were more lawyers in California than there were in the rest of the world combined.
I have no idea what has happened to that figure in the last 30 years, but it is pertinent.
Someday, not too far of, they might just be able to make what you just wrote a felony.
An example of this would be to look at so called “hate crimes.”
Don’t think that you can be jailed for just using the N word? Think again.
Someday, they may define being anti homosexual as a crime in itself...
The usual result is that criminals plead down to lesser charges. It reduces the court load because there is more risk involved for criminals.
However, for the innocent, it makes defending your innocence before a court very risky.
I remember only too well the days before the law was passed and signed that every newspaper carried editorials warning of the blood bath that would occur as citizens with the state’s approval of carrying a concealed weapon would escalate every traffic disagreement into a scene from the wild west. Well, it never happened.
I am familiar with a situation where someone who was convicted of a felony 45 plus years ago has been denied a permit despite a full and complete pardon granted several years after the offense. Not only can he not get the weapons permit, he also can’t work in any number of jobs. The legislature simply refused to recognize the governor’s unlimited constitutional authority to grant a full pardon and restore all of the defendant’s rights and wrote into a number of laws the stipulation that a full pardon did not restore the defendant’s right to bear arms. Several lawyers have been very willing to help pursue the matter, but at prices ranging up to $10,000. All agree the legislature has violated the separation of powers concept, that the constitution grants that power of the pardon to the executive branch, the governor and a majority of the State Cabinet.
Which amendment provides a lifetime forfeiture of a citizens rights?
Interestingly, article 5 has also been cited and upheld.
“nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;”
Due process having been attained, then article 10 must hold sway.
I will also add - don’t let your head explode - that you have no Constitutional right to vote for the president at all.
But you do have the right to vote for your State Senator.
The first bill will probably increase the age before someone can apply to 85.
The second bill will require a 15 year waiting period for background check ;-)
Recording a movie can also be a felony.
Better not do that then ... Brilliant will have you imprisoned for life.
LOL! I agree. However, they should not be held up as an example as to why CCW is bad when they have done nothing to keep them from getting a CCW.
I dont carry a gun
to kill people. I carry a gun to keep from being killed.
I dont carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun
because sometimes this world can be a scary place.
I dont carry a gun because Im paranoid. I carry a gun
because there are real threats in the world.
I dont carry a gun because Im evil. I carry a gun
because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world.
I dont carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun
because I understand the limitations of government.
I dont carry a gun because Im angry. I carry a gun so that I dont have to
spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared.
I dont carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to
die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon.
I dont carry a gun because Im a cowboy. I carry a gun
because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy.
I dont carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun
because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love.
I dont carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun
because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I dont carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun
because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me.
Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate
the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess.
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