Gun advocates win, but so does common sense

I was going to post this in GITN, but if I recall correctly, this was initially discussed at some length when Mr. Pritchett was originally arrested. Besides, this is just too good of a story to be buried in GITN. Its good to see a win for the good guys (gun owners in general) here, and most importantly, Roderick Pritchett.



"Gun advocates win, but so does common sense"


"Nearly two dozen gun-rights advocates in the viewing gallery of a Cook County courtroom burst into applause Monday afternoon after Judge James Linn found Roderick Pritchett, 26, not guilty of a felony weapons charge that could have sent him to prison for three years."

"But the acquittal was not so much a victory for gun rights as it was a triumph for common sense--the proposition that whatever mistakes Pritchett may or may not have made in storing a semi-automatic pistol in his car, he's not a proper target in the war on gun violence."

"Pritchett's case has been a cause celebre for Concealed Carry Inc. of Oak Brook since he sought out the group shortly after he was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon in November 2002."


"The blue shirts, six of whom said they were from Downstate, were all middle-age white men. They looked like such an unusual bunch at the trial of a young African-American defendant charged with a victimless crime that Linn asked them before the proceedings got under way if they were "part of some class or something."


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ericzorn/chi-0405180368may18,1,866950.column?coll=chi-news-nav


Those darned racist gun owners...:eyes:

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Edited to add: I start my first thread in the "Gungeon" and someone has to try to steal my thunder. :)

My bad. Sorry Mos'

LB,RR, can you lock this one please.

Thanks.

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