Posted by
The Patriot on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 8:33:11 PM
By my estimation, would-be terrorist Faisal Shahzad likely broke multiple gun laws in his underachieving attempt to set off a bomb in Times Square. A Kel-Tec Sub 2000 carbine, chambered for the 9mm pistol cartridge was found in his vehicle, parked at New York's JFK airport, where Shahzad was attempting to make his escape. Let's see if I can break it all down...
For starters, Shahzad is reported to be a resident of the state of Connecticut.
Connecticut does not have any license or registration requirements for its residents to purchase or possess a rifle; Connecticut does have registration and licensing requirements for "assault weapons," but it appears that the Kel-Tec does not qualify as such. Shahzad is OK so far. I have not read whether or not the weapon was loaded, but if Shahzad transported it within the state while loaded, there's your first violation.
But where he begins to get into trouble is when he crosses into the state of
New York. While non-residents are permitted to possess and transport rifles in New York state, the Kel-Tec likely meets the state's definition of an "assault weapon" with a "high capacity feeding device." There's no stated provision for non-residents to possess "assault weapons" in New York, so there's another gun law broken.
It gets worse when Shahzad enters the
City of New York with his rifle. Shahzad would have needed to have registered his rifle with the city, had a license to own it, and a permit to carry it within the city limits. Since the lapdog media has not yet trumpeted his meticulous adherence to NYC gun laws, I will assume he met none of these requirements. That's three more gun laws broken (we're up to five). It is also a violation of city ordinance to carry a rifle in a vehicle, unless already properly licensed and registered. Since we're assuming Shahzad did not do this, the carrying of the rifle in the vehicle is a separate charge. (Tally now at six).
So there you have my "barracks lawyer" estimation of the number of firearms violations committed by Faisal Shahzad. This once again points out the painfully obvious to liberal gun-controllers...those with criminal intent are not deterred by the existence of (in this case multiple) gun control laws.
Now we face
legislation introduced in both houses of Congress which prohibits gun ownership by anyone who has been placed on the Department of Homeland Security's "no-fly list." Understand that you may be placed on the list even if you have never been convicted of...or even accused of...any crime whatsoever. The only requirement for you to be placed on this list is suspicion, and some bureaucrat in DHS decides that you might be a threat, and it's done.
The passage of either S.1317 or H.R.2159 will mean that once this happens, your 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms may become forfeit at the whim of DHS, and without the due process of law guaranteed by the 5th Amendment. And the final insult is that as your Constitutional rights are shredded by a faceless bureaucracy, all we get is one more gun law for the criminals to break anyway. Pick up your phone and call your elected representatives.