Posted on 02/28/2008 9:02:02 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
Be glad that persons such as this judge chose to go into law instead of aeronautical engineering. Can you imagine what a plane designed by this clown would look like? We won’t even consider reliability.
I HAVE THE ULTIMATE CONTEMPT FOR HIS COURT
Not much to say here, the facts of the case pretty much contradict the judge’s theories about guns in the park.
You don't say. And removing the ban isn't going to change anything either. Poachers don't care if there is a ban on weapons, they are going to poach anyways.
Poachers should be dealt with harshly thereby creating a deterrent to those with weapons that consider committing the crime of poaching in a NP.
If we restrict the use of loaded guns in national parks, does this mean we will allow unrestricted use of unloaded guns in the parks?
What a waste.
I have owned guns since I was ten years old, and I am an avid hunter and fisherman. What Belderrain did is the exact opposite of the hunting ethic: he disobeyed the law (several of them), and he killed for sport.
He deserves whatever he gets.
Agreed. Not only is he a poacher, but the trophy is all he wanted.
But the judge is a dolt for his additional comments as well.
Okay judge, this applies to bearing arms inside a park how?
We need protection.........all the time.
Jackson, WY is a hotbed of Hollywood liberalism. The local politics are financed by that group and reflects their agenda. Seems the federal judge there is at least sympathetic.
And, the Judge should leave the comments for the legislature.
Sorry, I read where he committted other crimes. He probably deserved the jail time.
WTF?
I believe that was Yosemite.
Yeah, let's slip that in beneath the fold.
Four years. More than the average convicted murderer gets. Anyone planning to sit-out the election to “protest” John McCain? YOU are the reason such judges get appointed to the bench by Liberals. Congratulations.
No one would even suggest impeachment of the judge for judicial excess. Government is an inbred good old boys club no matter what side of the aisle your from.
On Dec. 14, 2005, he killed an elk standing in Gallatin County, Mont., just outside the Yellowstone National Park boundary, decapitated it, and dragged the head to his truck inside the park, he said when he changed his plea on Aug. 22.
He drug the head to his truck. (after I tag it this is what I do 1st) Then go back and get back for the rest of the animal.
Where was he standing when he took the shot? If he was also out side the park, it was a legal shot. I will make the assumption that if he made a legal shot, he was in possession of a license and tag. Any body who gives RMEF 50 grand is most likely NOT a poacher.
Curvy Forest roads zig and zag in and out out the park. He probable did not realise where he was.
The only crime I see is possesing a weapon in a park.
These charges will be dropped because he has already been prosecuted in Montana. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Several people in this thread are jumping to concusions that maybe invalid as there is not enough info in this article to make a fair judgement.
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