You’ve probably heard about the man arrested in an Atlanta store, decked out in body armor and carrying an AR, shotgun, and four handguns. Heavy has more details than had been immediately available.
This part was an “Oh, sh##!”
WSB-TV added that Marley had a “weapons carry license” with him, as well. Open carry is legal in Georgia, according to the state’s legal code.
Oh, great. All we need is to demonize licensed people. But…
Marley was arrested in DeKalb County in January 2018 for simple assault and disorderly conduct. Court records suggest Marley pleaded guilty and spent 10 days behind bars. The record also shows he was sentenced to one year of probation.
WSB-TV reporter Nicole Carr shared on Twitter the case stemmed from a domestic dispute. She wrote that Marley was charged for throwing a food bowl at his step-sibling’s head.
How did a guy with a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction get a Georgia Weapon Carry License? Under 18 U.S. Code § 922(g)(9), “domestic violence” is a violent act directed against a spouse, romantic partner, anyone sharing a household, or a family member. A step-sibling in the same household should certainly count.
It appears the court case got screwed up, and a clerical error “closed” the case without a conviction. At first. Then the judge apparently got wind of it and reinstated the case. Asshole got convicted and sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation. In the confusion, it seems no one thought to report the newly minted prohibited person to NICS.
Expect the dot-gov failure to be ignored, while the Dems push this case as “justification” to crack down on background checks.
Maybe it was a mistake, maybe they had a Soros funded minion in a advantageous spot….not that I’m suspicious of the courts these days or anything.
Don’t forget how Hunter Biden managed to purchase a gun by both lying on his 4473 and passing a NICS check.
The FBI was in on it…
You all seem to be a bit jaded. I can’t understand why, we have the best government money can buy. Of course, that is counting the fact that we have to print more since we keep giving it away. Does the Weimar Republic sound familiar to anyone?
No wonder the government doesn’t like Bitcoin et al. They have real value.