Sunday FGS
Jury Acquits Defendant of Murder, But Finds Him Guilty for Firearm Charges
A jury found 25-year-old Joseph Linwood Edwards not guilty of murder, assault and reckless endangerment on Sept. 9.
Edwards was initially charged with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, firearm use in a violent crime, reckless endangerment, and four more firearm-related violations in connection to a shooting that occurred April 23, 2024, on the 3100 block of W. North Avenue. The incident left a 26-year-old male victim critically wounded with a gunshot to the head.
Even though acquitted on his murder and assault charges, Edwards was found guilty for discharging a gun, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, having a handgun on. is person and illegally possessing ammunition. A verdict was not reached for firearm use during a felony violent crime.
During closing statements, Daniel P. Mooney, Edwards’ defense attorney argued that the defendant had no intention to shoot the victim, and instead shot in an attempt to protect himself after fearing for his life.
Mooney supported his self-defense claims with footage that allegedly showed the victim starting an argument with Edwards that quickly became heated, resulting in the altercation.
“Joseph Edwards is innocent,” Mooney claimed. “The state has failed to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that Edwards did not act in self-defense.”
No Score
Baltimore Witness
A “regulated firearm” in the PDRofMD is every handgun and scary looking rifles. Nice they tacked on illegal ammo, whatever that means.
Category: Feel Good Stories
That must have been one helluva holster for that M-1.
Baltimore…I’m surprised they prosecuted this case in that “conservative town!
Largely off topic but if anybody has a good, objective analysis of the Rittenhouse case, I would appreciate it. “Objective” meaning a source a lib wouldn’t immediately scream about and reject merely by the name. Project being to follow up on a social media “discussion” with a raging lib who believes Rittenhouse wasn’t authorized a defense of self defense simply because he doesn’t like guns or Rittenhouse. Thanks in advance.
Not being sarcastic but your best choice for that is the court recorder minutes. No matter which “media” you choose to use as a source all of them can be considered biased.
The closing arguments would be a good place to start as the atty’s are summing up the case there.
I don’t recall if Massad Ayoob did an analysis of the case or not but he is an expert witness on shootings and self defense. He has plenty of video’s on you tube.
Massad did indeed do an analysis of the case that was clear, concise and easy to understand. You should be able to find in on YouTube.
As an aside, one of my favorite reactions to the Rittenhouse verdict was from a woman who actually said “I ain’t never heard of no ‘self defense law’ in Wisconsin!”
We inherited “self-defense” as a legal principle from our adoption of the English Common Law. Indeed, it was applied in the case of the British soldiers who were defended in Boston by John Adams. Now, it is a creature of statutory law in most states, but the defense existed long before those statutes defining it.
Wisconsin– yup, Blue State dystopia.
All you need to do is watch the videos of the events that night and the night before to get a better understanding of what was going on in that city–violent mobs looting and burning. Then watch the video of the kid’s actions, especially the ones in slow-mo showing the guy attempting to hit Rittenhouse in the head with the edge of his skateboard and the guy who had his Glock aimed at Rittenhouse’s head at the moment he shot the felon bastard in the arm. There are also a number of podcast videos by attorneys who analyzed the courtroom testimony on a daily basis during the trial. I have seen it all, plus portions of the trial. The whole case was politically motivated against Rittenhouse.
The Brotherhood of the M-1 thumb is weeping when I opened this Sundays FGS and saw the Garand pic.. Send down an Angel with your reply to my eternal M-1 thumb remarks KoB, and we all really miss you….
I am also a reluctant member of the Brotherhood, but after being on a drill team that used the M-1 for two years of college ROTC, I learned how to avoid the pitfall of continuing membership. Plus, I was its commander in my junior year, so I had to school our new recruits in how to avoid membership renewals when the command order arms was given after inspection arms.
I remember you saying that about the M-1 Thumb. When I was in active Navy reserve, we used to go up to Camp Smith and Qualify with the Garand. Got pretty good shooting it and working the pits was an experiance with the rounds flying over your head. Had fun waving the red maggies drawers round sign.
Army news.
Soldiers with high fitness test scores now exempt from body fat rule
That would have made my unit retention job a hell of a lot easier.
I remember one dude I was trying to reenlist, built like a brick shithouse, body builder, modified uniforms to fit his arms (as large as my thighs) through the sleeves.
He (obviously) couldn’t pass the weight & fat (tape) test.
So he just said, “Fuck it, I’m outta here, I’m going pro”.
I think that the ‘illegal ammunition’ are hollow point bullets
Even more complicated than that. If anything in the long list of requirements to own a gun (permit, scary features liberals don’t like it can’t have, etc.) is off then the gun and any ammo is illegal. You can only have ammo for a “legal” gun you own, too– no buying a box of ammo for your buddy. Unless sprcifically and narrowly legal, ammo is just illegal and an additional charge there. Like we see in that case.
https://criminallawyermaryland.net/maryland-gun-lawyer/ammunition/
Blue State (NJ) hellholery… nurse suspended for not agreeing with and complaining about a doctor publicly supporting Charlie Kirk getting assassinated:
https://x.com/ScottPresler/status/1966638535475093573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1966638535475093573%7Ctwgr%5E037167a601d5b50feefa21184a9f22b38c2049d6%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdisqus.com%2Fembed%2Fcomments%2F%3Fbase%3Ddefaultf%3Dmoonbatteryt_i%3D16665920https3A2F2Fmoonbattery.com2F3Fp3D166659t_u%3Dhttps3A2F2Fmoonbattery.com2Fopen-thread_2509132Ft_e%3DOpen20Threadt_d%3DOpen20Thread20-20Moonbatteryt_t%3DOpen20Threads_o%3Ddefaultversion%3D87aeb572bd0b8fd167a30a566cf7106f
Girl, get the hell out of NJ!!! Come to Alabama, Tennessee, Florida!
Just proves that trying to have a rational discussion with leftists is useless.
In fact, it has become dangerous.
“[T]rying to have a rational discussion with leftists…has become dangerous.”
Can’t speak for anyone here but I know a guy who’s way too stupid —and most likely crazier than an outhouse bat— for fear.