Mom facing prison for carrying handgun gets support from Middlesex Tea Party

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So the law this lady broke is not a real law, right? It's okay for people to break laws as long as they're not real laws. Got it.

riding in the front of the bus was against the law for Black Americans at one point in some cities. People got arrested. We protested and challenged in court and got unjust laws overturned. That's the way it works sometimes.

Who said it was not a law

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

riding in the front of the bus was against the law for Black Americans at one point in some cities. People got arrested. We protested and challenged in court and got unjust laws overturned. That's the way it works sometimes.

Who said it was not a law

"we"? i find that hard to believe.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

"we"? i find that hard to believe.

Ahh the old Librul, "you got me so, let's play werd games dodge"

Formerly known as "C" before the Mod Inquisition of late 2013

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

okay, so I was right. it wasn't "we" but "they". good we have that cleared up.

now let us talk about your dislike for right of the states to manage their affairs.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

okay, so I was right. it wasn't "we" but "they". good we have that cleared up.

now let us talk about your dislike for right of the states to manage their affairs.

We

We the People

We hold these truths to be self-evident,

etc etc

[decocker 7,198]

They will pray she rots in a jail cell for over 10 years.....It is for the children you understand... always for the children (when it fits their needs)

nope. not at all.

[decocker 7,198]

At first blush, much about Allen’s case seems counterintuitive. When we think about the gun control debate, we typically picture progressive pundits, politicians and activists arguing with white, conservative activists and politicians representing rural interests. When I first posted her story to Twitter, a couple of progressive responders predicted that because Allen is a black single mother, the gun rights community would all but ignore her. But that hasn’t been true at all. In fact, Allen has become something of a rallying point for gun rights activists. She is being represented by Evan Nappen, an attorney who specializes in gun cases and is a gun rights activist himself. Some conservatives have similarly accused progressives of ignoring Allen’s case because she stands accused of a gun crime. It’s certainly true that her case has received much more attention from the right than the left. But Nappen says he has seen plenty of support for her from racial justice groups, too.

As it turns out, Allen’s case isn’t unusual at all. Although white people occasionally do become the victims of overly broad gun laws (for example, see the outrageous prosecution of Brian Aitken, also in New Jersey), the typical person arrested for gun crimes is more likely to have the complexion of Shaneen Allen than, say, Sarah Palin. Last year, 47.3 percent of those convicted for federal gun crimes were black — a racial disparity larger than any other class of federal crimes, including drug crimes. In a 2011 report on mandatory minimum sentencing for gun crimes, the U.S. Sentencing Commission found that blacks were far more likely to be charged and convicted of federal gun crimes that carry mandatory minimum sentences. They were also more likely to be hit with “enhancement” penalties that added to their sentences. In fact, the racial discrepancy for mandatory minimums was even higher than the aforementioned disparity for federal gun crimes in general:

Source: U.S. Sentencing Commission

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/22/shaneen-allen-race-and-gun-control/

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/22/shaneen-allen-race-and-gun-control/

Black commit a highly disproportionate amount of crime. That's old news in here

[decocker 7,198]

Black commit a highly disproportionate amount of crime. That's old news in here

seriously?

[lostinblue 1,989]

So should this woman be in jail for the next 11 years?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

They will pray she rots in a jail cell for over 10 years.....It is for the children you understand... always for the children (when it fits their needs)

You really do live on a different planet to the rest of us.

[decocker 7,198]

So should this woman be in jail for the next 11 years?

no, i don't think she's done anything worthy of jail time.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

seriously?

just looking at the figures you posted. Not me

A+ for the animated Gif

no, i don't think she's done anything worthy of jail time.

Good because we need more jail space for drug offenders.

Edited September 4, 2014 by The Nature Boy

[decocker 7,198]

just looking at the figures you posted. Not me

maybe read the enitre quote, simmer on it a bit. then link up that information with the information in the op - put the two together, add the figures - stir it a bit more in your head and then see what you come up with. you just might come up with an actual response.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

maybe read the enitre quote, simmer on it a bit. then link up that information with the information in the op - put the two together, add the figures - stir it a bit more in your head and then see what you come up with. you just might come up with an actual response.

Could you be a sweetheart and break it down to less than 3 lines for me.