Thank goodness we live in Texas

[McKnife]

SHOCK: Has anyone read why New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie refused to reappoint the cowardly Judge James Morley???

Disgusting.

...A few weeks after Aitken's trial over the summer, Morley learned that Christie was not going to reappoint him, due in part to a 2009 case in which he dismissed animal-cruelty charges against a Moorestown cop accused of sticking his penis into the mouths of five calves. Morley said there was no way of knowing whether the calves had been "puzzled" or "tormented" by the officer's actions...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20101 ... gally.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Philly.com Copyright 2010

[philip964]

The story finally made Drudge Report. Hopefully with this new press the poor guy will get a pardon.

Meanwhile remind me never to go any where near New Jersey. Ever.

[Mastodon]

Still waiting.

I am still in shock with this judge.

Unreal.

[ScottDLS]

The story finally made Drudge Report. Hopefully with this new press the poor guy will get a pardon.

Meanwhile remind me never to go any where near New Jersey. Ever.

Gov. Christie is no 2A fan...I'd hope it gets overturned on appeal.

[chartreuse]

Seems Gov. Christie commuted his sentence. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12 ... latestnews

Does that mean he's a felon, barred from owning guns now?

[Mastodon]

Seems Gov. Christie commuted his sentence. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12 ... latestnews

Does that mean he's a felon, barred from owning guns now?

How does that work? Commute does not = Pardon does it? Thank goodness Christie took this action, but is there just a bit more to be done??

[Mastodon]

Would like to see that through. Excellent news on the first and primary step.
Man.

[Liberty]

Just a matter of priorities. Get him out first, work on the pardon next.

Or overturn a lousy decision in a a higher court. The case is still under appeal.

[OldCurlyWolf]

The story finally made Drudge Report. Hopefully with this new press the poor guy will get a pardon.

Meanwhile remind me never to go any where near New Jersey. Ever.

Actually he does not want a pardon. He wants to win on appeal and have his record expunged. A pardon implies guilt.

I hope he wins on appeal and files criminal charges on the judge, prosecuting DA and the PD and puts THEM in jail. Then I hope he sues the State,County, City, Judge, Prosecuting DA and the PD and wins a judgment on all counts.

[Heartland Patriot]

I know this isn't the exact reason the OP was written, but in the SPIRIT of the posting...I got one of those Cheaperthandirt catalogs in the mail...(yes, I know some folks hate them, and some folks like them...I shop around for the best deal of the moment)...the cover said that they were no longer going to be shipping ammunition to California due to the new law on HANDGUN ammunition. The liberal legislature in CA KNEW, or at least guessed, that was going to happen...very few internet/mail-order companies are going to want to ship ammo there and have to decide if the stuff in question is HANDGUN or not...not worth the hassles involved. Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown and his pals are probably laughing up a storm at that one...So, in light of this, I agree, THANK GOODNESS WE LIVE IN TEXAS...and lets' keep it that way! (Texas being TEXAS, that is!)

[4copas]

A Thank You letter from Brian,

http://briandaitken.com/

[Mastodon]

A Thank You letter from Brian,

http://briandaitken.com/

Thanks for posting that link.

[Jumping Frog]

Seems Gov. Christie commuted his sentence. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12 ... latestnews

Does that mean he's a felon, barred from owning guns now?

Yep, that is what it means.

Actually he does not want a pardon. He wants to win on appeal and have his record expunged. A pardon implies guilt.

Then he is an idiot. If a pardon is offered, he should take it.

Regardless of the transport issues and whether he was "moving" or not, he still had self defense hollow-point bullets and high capacity magazines, both of which are felonies in NJ. He can't sidestep those issues. Heck, I've never set foot in NJ since being a gunowner, yet I still knew the they were illegal in NJ.

Those felony convictions means no firearms forever. He should take a pardon if offered,

[chartreuse]

Regardless of the transport issues and whether he was "moving" or not, he still had self defense hollow-point bullets and high capacity magazines, both of which are felonies in NJ.

I haven't the time to look up NJ magazine laws, but both the NJ State Police and Professor Volokh say that you're wrong about hollowpoints.

http://www.state.nj.us/njsp/about/fire_hollow.html

Provided certain conditions are met, a sportsman may transport and use hollow point ammunition. There are no restrictions preventing a sportsman from keeping such ammunition at his home.

http://volokh.com/posts/1177026951.shtml#208030l

The State of New Jersey does ban hollow-point ammunition -- sort of. It's legal to purchase it, bring it home, take it to the range and practice with it, bring any extra back home, etc. What isn't legal is for any of the very, very few individuals who hold carry permits in the state to carry firearms loaded with hollow points.