A 19 year old kid from South Carolina fell asleep on a NYC subway with a 9mm handgun sticking out of his waistband. The piece also says the gun was "defaced" which I assume means the serial number was filed off. (Oh, and just as a kicker, he had marijuana on him.)
So, let's see how many laws that means he's broken.
- CORRECTION: He's underage to
possesspurchase a handgun from a dealer anyway - you have to be 21. - He's in New York City, which has very strict gun laws.
- He's on a New York City Subway, which probably is a "gun free zone" with even stricter laws than New York City generally.
- The serial number is filed off, so that's a a violation of federal federal law.
Not even including the drugs, that's four pretty serious charges that he's looking at, probably the worst of which is the defaced serial number.
He'll be in jail for awhile, unless he gets some kind of break for being 19, and they consider him a juvenile.
"He's underage to possess a handgun anyway - you have to be 21."
ReplyDeleteUh. No. Have to be 21 to get a handgun from a Federal Firearms Licensee, SC state law does not prohibit. See SC 16-23-30.
You're right. I was thinking that he didn't legally purchase it from a regular shop. Good catch. But regular shops don't sell handguns with the serial numbers filed off.
DeleteYup. Defacing the serial number is pretty much a slam dunk. Life is tough, but it's a real (insert pithy phrase here) when you're stupid.
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