Manhattan jury finds man who had loaded gun in his car not guilty

[Atypical Liberal]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan_jury_finds_guilty_who_X818AWxOHgb8rzvXuuIOgP

After a mere 30 minutes of deliberations, the foreman said ``not guilt,’’ as Jonathan Ryan‘s knees buckled and he broke down in tears, hugging defense lawyer Mark Bederow.

The 29-year-old had been indicted for criminal weapons possession and he admittedly motored into Manhattan on Feb. 21, 2010, with a 9mm pistol stored in his truck’s glove compartment.

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Hooray for common sense in New York!

[rocktivity]

1. Good call. The gun WASN'T loaded

A magazine with seven bullets...was separated and in another end of the glove box, but that counted as a loaded weapon under New York’s tough anti-gun laws...

Tough? That's stupid. While it was irresponsible of the defendant to forget that he had a weapon on board and would be taking it across state lines (that's part of responsible gun ownership, too), that's what he's guilty of, not of having a loaded firearm.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Bold Lib]

2. Good call for the jury. A proper application of jury nullification. Contrary to what

judges will tell you - a jury DOES have the right/ability to judge the law, not just the person.

[Ken_Fish]

3. That guy is really lucky he was white. If he were Black or Latino

he would be locked up on those stupid charges. Stupid laws tend to be applied unevenly (crack vs power)