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NJ: Christie pardons Shaneen Allen, but egregious laws remain
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While Second Amendment activists across the landscape are cheering yesterday’s pardon of Pennsylvania resident Shaneen Allen by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the law that penalized the single mother for crossing the state line with her legally-licensed handgun remains on the books to snare other citizens.
Allen was arrested in October 2013 on a traffic stop after crossing from Pennsylvania to New Jersey with her pistol, for which she had a Pennsylvania license to carry. However, she was stopped in New Jersey where the permit does not apply, jailed for 40 days and prosecuted on the gun charge. Last September, she was allowed to enter a pre-trial intervention program after massive public outrage. |
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Millwright66
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| The Governor's actions were purely political. The "victim" was black, female, and photogenic, i.e. "politically advantageous", since the the Governor's pro - freedom, self-defense record isn't at all brag worthy. |
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| "Some people think that the Second Amendment is an outdated relic of an earlier time. Doubtless some also think that constitutional protections of other rights are outdated relics of earlier times. We The People own those rights regardless, unless and until We The People repeal them. For those who believe it to be outdated, the Second Amendment provides a good test of whether their allegiance is really to the Constitution of the United States, or only to their preferences in public policies and audiences. The Constitution is law, not vague aspirations, and we are obligated to protect, defend, and apply it. If the Second Amendment were truly an outdated relic, the Constitution provides a method for repeal. The Constitution does not furnish the federal courts with an eraser." --9th Circuit Court Judge Andrew Kleinfeld, dissenting opinion in which the court refused to rehear the case while citing deeply flawed anti-Second Amendment nonsense (Nordyke v. King; opinion filed April 5, 2004) |
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