Another citizen responds
From: "J.D. McKim" <jdm@illusions.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:28:18 -0700
To: Letters@KeepAndBearArms.com
Subject: Fw: Re: Reply to Republic Article on Guns
At 05:11 PM 8/11/01 EDT, you wrote:
I could have used a better word than " disagreed
with the defendant" and used "disbelieved the defendant".
Your article had nothing to do with whether you
believed the defendant. It had nothing to do with the law, apart from your little
jaunt into creating your own. You wrote,
"...tried to explain to him that regardless
of the law..."
Yep, regardless of the law. Regardless of the
constitution. Regardless of the people who have used a weapon to save their
children's lives. Regardless of the woman who is alive because she had a gun
when she needed one. Regardless of the facts, you took it upon yourself to chastise
a person who was exercising his constitutional right to bear arms. Then you
had the gall to brag about your actions in a newspaper article. Pathetic!
The issue before the court was whom do you
believe. The officer testified the gun was under some papers on the seat.
The defendant said the gun was in a holster in a crack in the seat.
I think you should re-read your article. You
made no mention of questioning the defendant's veracity. I'm sure you asked
the officer if there could have been a holster wedged in the seat. Didn't you?
Well, maybe you didn't bother.
I follow the laws of the State of Arizona
mandated by the legislature.
Evidently not. When was the last time you read
the Arizona Constitution? You may want to check out Article 2, Section 26 of
the Declaration of Rights. It might surprise you.
But only wanted to point out that time after
time I see what I call good hard working, honest people, that in a state of
fear or anger, make very bad decisions with a gun.
Time after time we see well-intentioned judges
who ignore the Arizona Constitution and the letter of the law, and replace sound
jurisprudence with their holier-than-thou political beliefs. I notice you are
up for un-election in 2002. You have inspired many people to invest the effort
necessary to campaign for your replacement with an unbiased, law-abiding judge.
Mr. Tolby, you should reverse your judgment
and clear your victim's record.
Sincerely,
J.D. McKim
Glendale
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