Tuesday FGS
Prosecutor Brusic says he’s looking into shooting of alleged burglary suspect
PHIL FEROLITO
Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic is looking into the recent shooting of a fleeing burglary suspect.The 24-year-old male suspect suffered a gunshot wound to the back of his head after allegedly burglarizing a warehouse early Tuesday morning in the 12000 block of Occidental Road in West Valley.
The suspect told Yakima County Sheriff’s deputies that property owners shot at him as he drove around them, with one round striking him in the back of his head and others striking the window and tires, according to a probable cause affidavit by deputies.
“It’s a strange set of facts and I’m going to look into it,” Brusic said Friday.
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Read the rest here: Yakima Herald
MAN WHO LOST GUN RIGHTS OVER NONVIOLENT MISDEMEANOR APPEALS TO SUPREME COURT
The question posed to the U.S. Supreme Court is if a lifetime firearms ban based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violates the Second Amendment.
The vehicle for the question comes in a petition filed with the nation’s high court over the case of Raymond Holloway, Jr by the Firearms Policy Coalition on Thursday.
In 2005, Holloway pleaded guilty to a DUI charge in Pennsylvania — a first-degree misdemeanor which could have carried as much as five years in prison– although Holloway was only sentenced to the mandatory minimum of 90 days in a work-release program. In the past 15 years, he completed a psychology degree, worked as an educator, and hasn’t had any further problems with either alcohol or the law.
However, he has a lifetime ban under federal law on the legal possession of firearms. That is the problem his case seeks to address with the court.
“Mr. Holloway is but one example of a non-violent individual who has been barred from exercising his Second Amendment Rights for life through Congress’s expansion of individuals who are deemed to be ‘prohibited persons’,” explained FPC’s Adam Kraut, an attorney who is on the case. “However, the total bar on Mr. Holloway, and others like him, only stands when the lower courts ignore the Supreme Court’s edict that Second Amendment challenges are to be evaluated through the Amendment’s text as informed by history and tradition.”
No score.
Read the rest of the article here: Guns.com
Not exactly a feel good story, Delta Whiskies and Wiskettes, but an important issue on gun rights. Should a former felon, having served punishment for non-violent offences, be allowed to retain Constitutional Rights, specifically those under the Second Amendment? I have my opinion on the matter; I’m sure y’all do too.
“Have your musket clean as a whistle, hatchet scoured, 60 rounds powder and ball and be ready to march at a minute’s warning.” -MAJ Robert Rogers
Category: Feel Good Stories
1st story, Yakima (Washington) Herald.
[The suspect is accused of taking two trucks, two welders and a plasma cutter from the warehouse, the affidavit said.]
So, according to the sheriff’s office, a guy can steal
1 pickup truck, 2 welders, and a plasma cutter,
and when he is caught stealing a 2nd truck….
[… only reasonable force can be used to protect property.
Reasonable force includes tactics such as holding a suspect to the ground while calling 911 or wielding a bat to warn them off]
Does anyone else find it a tad difficult to hold the driver down
(to call 911) while he’s driving a stolen truck?
Or wave a bat to stop someone driving a stolen truck?
By that standard, every sheriff vehicle in Washington state is open game. Ugh.
Washington State law is confusing as hell lol.
Also, its Crackima. Their sheriff is just as special as the city he protects.
Crimewave stopped. I don’t see a problem. Perhaps Yakima could compensate him by replacing the ammo expended.
Some nice parts kits still around for that Sweed K.
Yakima…FFS! “…suspect arrested on unrelated warrants…” Basically a career criminal that shoulda been under lock and key is allowed to steal other people’s stuff while the person trying to prevent said theft is investigated and prosecuted? YGBFSM! Good luck on getting a conviction there Mr. Prosecutor. You damn sure wouldn’t get one here. This is where a throw down and a dead perp would come in handy.
The PA story? Misdemeanor DUI gets a lifetime weapons ban? Guess that law was passed because of all the radical Amish and Mennonites up there. Can’t have a bunch of drunk buggy/wagon drivers running around with gunz.
Ya just knew the K would show up after that weapons
of SOG piece which was a great read.
My GF is a Swede and speaks the language.
I have no idea what she says to me when she’s pissed
but it sure sounds sexy.
Bad shoot over in Yakima.
Trivia: Yakima Canute was a B western stunt man and character actor and was from Yakima. Yakima also makes bike racks for cars which are made in Mexico and assembled in Yakima.
Case dismissed:
https://redstate.com/bonchie/2020/12/08/breaking-michael-flynn-case-finally-dropped-n291148
Whiny bench-warmer pads dismissal with BS.