I Am Meredith Graves

[roo_ster]

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/287317/i-am-meredith-graves-kevin-d-williamson


Intro:

I fully expect that Meredith Graves will do time for having had the bad sense to attempt to exercise certain God-given and unalienable rights at a place in which they were famously attacked. While I have enjoyed the back-and-forth between Robert VerBruggen and the others on the legal and constitutional questions of interstate concealed-carry protocols, I enjoy them the way I enjoy watching a tennis match: The skill involved in the volleys is impressive, but it is only a game. Our Second Amendment jurisprudence, like our First Amendment jurisprudence, seems to me to be simply an unprincipled political fight. We should heed the wisdom of Roy Cohn: “Don’t tell me what the law is, tell me who the judge is.”

Rather than weigh in on the legal questions, let me offer another view: I am Meredith Graves.

I was dismayed by the number of "conservatives" who piled on her for daring to exercise her constitutional rights while in NYC.

[MicroBalrog]

But, hopefully, not surprised.

[RevDisk]

I was dismayed by the number of "conservatives" who piled on her for daring to exercise her constitutional rights while in NYC.

I agree she is within her Constitutional rights to carry in NYC.

But, when you tweak the tiger's tail, you better expect to deal with the teeth. Concealed carrying in Philly is entirely legal under US and PA law, assuming you have a PA LTCF or acceptable CCW from another state. Philly cops will still ignore the law and harass, arrest or confiscate. You'll win in court, but if you voluntarily enter Philly (or NYC)... you should be aware that authorities can and do ignore higher law at their leisure and without fear of consequences.

[sanglant]

seems to be a trend

[lee n. field]

I Am Meredith Graves

"We are all Meredith Graves"

[zxcvbob]

I thought you were Spartacus. 

[RoadKingLarry]

I thought you were Spartacus. 

Do you like gladiator movies?


Pretty messed up situation. How is it that someone supposedly so smart (aspiring MD) didn't know that NYC isn't really part of the USA and isn't subject to the COTUS and BOR?