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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=takoma]I'd call it a warning rather than a threat.  And I think his claim that it was tongue-in-cheek has some credibility.

[b]I think prison time for the woman with the gun would be silly[/b], but a fine would be fine.  It's also a good thing that the case is being publicized so future tourists will know better.[/quote]

I dunno - Plaxico Burress pled guilty to a similar charge and received a 2-year jail sentence. (And why do I think this particular Tennessee legislator had no problem with that outcome?)  I'm not sure why Ms. Graves should be treated differently - because she's a medical student?  Female?  White?  [/quote]

Umm, perhaps because the gun didn't go off?  Or perhaps because it was only discovered because the woman was attempting to check it to comply with a "no guns" sign?  Don't get me wrong, Plaxico got screwed too, but jail time for this woman would be an even graver injustice.  [/quote]  You're right about the gun going off - maybe she should just get 1 year, instead of two.  But like it or not, NYC has strict gun control laws, and people routinely get jail time for illegally carrying concealed weapons.  If that's the case, there's reason this woman shoudl get special treatment.  Even if (or especially if) she's a pretty, white southern girl that has gun nuts up in arms.  [/quote]

I get that you like the idea of putting a pretty, white southern girl in jail on general principles.  I just don't agree.  Even if NYC's gun control laws are defensible, which I disagree with as well, the facts here present a pretty compelling case for declination of prosecution or executive clemency.   That's why we have those concepts in the criminal justice system at all.  [/quote]

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