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Random searches subject of appeal can be read on-line at post-gazette.com, type the article's title into the search box found on the web site, the article comes up. The article involved rulings by state courts in Pennsylvania, however under existing federal law, a convicted felon in possession of firearms is serious business. Copywrite law precludes my posting the article itself, that being pointed out to me elsewhere, we all spill our milk sometimes.
The following is a copy of my Letter To The Editor, dealing with this situation. Respcting BATFE's current problems, DOJ is involved too, readers might find my thoughts/commets interesting, that is something for the individual to determine for themselves.
Editor:
One can, if they so choose, parse the words of Pennsylvania law without end, activity that various state courts seem to have involved themselves in. Having said that, and recognizing that "a felon in possession of a handgun" they being the facts of the matter here, is a violation of existing federal law, the following question looms large.
Given that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) is charged with the enforcement of federal firearms law, where are they in the Wilson case, where indeed? Also, given that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is tasked with, among other things, prosecuting violations of federal law, where are they?
It appears that BATFE is occupied with a scheme for running guns into Mexico, Operation Fast and Furious, which has become the subject of congressional hearings. As for DOJ, they seem occupied with stonewalling said congressional inquiries, and generally providing political cover for BATFE's latest screw-up via non-complacence with congressional requests for data. Given this, one supposes that a prime-facie case of a convicted felon in possession of a handgun is merely bothersome trivia, never mind that same constitutes a serious violation of existing federal law.
Respecting the fact that we are currently living under the Democratic Administration of President Obama, might the foregoing be an example of the "change you can believe in", which Obama so often spoke of, one wonders, though looking at the historical record, Republicans haven't seemed all that concerned with reining in the antics of the run away mob that is the BATFE either. What the hell, all else having failed, there are always the rights and prerogatives of the law abiding to be attacked.
In conclusion, re BATFE gun running (Operation Fast an Furious), and the part played therein by the DOJ, one of America's Great Newspapers, allegedly the Pgh. P-G has, it seems, been strangely silent. How come this?
The following is a copy of my Letter To The Editor, dealing with this situation. Respcting BATFE's current problems, DOJ is involved too, readers might find my thoughts/commets interesting, that is something for the individual to determine for themselves.
Editor:
One can, if they so choose, parse the words of Pennsylvania law without end, activity that various state courts seem to have involved themselves in. Having said that, and recognizing that "a felon in possession of a handgun" they being the facts of the matter here, is a violation of existing federal law, the following question looms large.
Given that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) is charged with the enforcement of federal firearms law, where are they in the Wilson case, where indeed? Also, given that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is tasked with, among other things, prosecuting violations of federal law, where are they?
It appears that BATFE is occupied with a scheme for running guns into Mexico, Operation Fast and Furious, which has become the subject of congressional hearings. As for DOJ, they seem occupied with stonewalling said congressional inquiries, and generally providing political cover for BATFE's latest screw-up via non-complacence with congressional requests for data. Given this, one supposes that a prime-facie case of a convicted felon in possession of a handgun is merely bothersome trivia, never mind that same constitutes a serious violation of existing federal law.
Respecting the fact that we are currently living under the Democratic Administration of President Obama, might the foregoing be an example of the "change you can believe in", which Obama so often spoke of, one wonders, though looking at the historical record, Republicans haven't seemed all that concerned with reining in the antics of the run away mob that is the BATFE either. What the hell, all else having failed, there are always the rights and prerogatives of the law abiding to be attacked.
In conclusion, re BATFE gun running (Operation Fast an Furious), and the part played therein by the DOJ, one of America's Great Newspapers, allegedly the Pgh. P-G has, it seems, been strangely silent. How come this?
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