Posted on 07/27/2016 6:35:47 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 07/27/2016 7:30:43 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
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Furthermore, there are weapons possession cases filed in upstate NY against convicted felons all the time. Why did this one trigger protests?
When prosecutors complain about people learning of their rights to jury nullification, they should be kicked out of office.
Judges used to inform juries of their right to judge both the facts and the law.
It wasn’t until the 1900s, and the “progrressive” era that it stopped, and it was a Supreme Court decision on a case that said it was acceptable for a judge *not* to inform juries of their nullification rights that started it.
Now we have judges and prosecutors saying that educating poeple about their rights to jury nullification is “jury tampering”!
Got my Jury Duty notice yesterday in the mail for early next month. You can bet that “I” am aware of my rights as a jury member. (and will inform my fellow members if chosen)
Agreed, no Second amendment advocates I know have an issue with denying felons a firearm.
>>>Now we have judges and prosecutors saying that educating poeple about their rights to jury nullification is “jury tampering”!<<<
And they deserve to be shot for denying the accused the right to a fair and impartial trial. Because if the jury is denied the facts then the case can’t be impartial.
“Agreed, no Second amendment advocates I know have an issue with denying felons a firearm.”
Let me be the first, then. Used to be when you went to prison, they took your guns, and when you got out, they returned them. IMHO, as long as you didn’t go to prison for armed robbery or shooting people for no just cause, that should still be the case. Even felons should have the right to self-defense while going about their legal business after they have “paid their debt to society.”
Make sense?
OS
So your OK with denying guns to felons convicted of any crime gun related but not felons in general?
You cant’ have it both ways....You either believe that Second Ammendment rights are inviolate and guaranteed to all regardless of criminal record or you believe that guns can and should be restricted on some.
There is no third option.
You seem to have a problem understanding that people who can’t use guns responsibly should not have them. I don’t believe in putting people in jail or prison, either. If they can’t be trusted to be out on the street with my wife and kids I believe they should be executed. End of problem.
“... If they can’t be trusted to be out on the street with my wife and kids I believe they should be executed.”
LOL, good luck with that.
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