Comments Thread For: Queens DA: Robert Guerrero is Facing Four Felonies

[Double]

Can someone familiar with the NY laws give an estimate on when this fool will have to go to trial and report to jail? And please say it won't be until after 5/4

Thanks in advance!

[Russian Crushin]

Chicago has strict gun laws, it's still the murder capital of the US. New York is not far behind.

Whoa whoa whoa

With an annual gun death rate of 4.9 per 100,000 residents NYC is the second least dangerous large city for gun violence in the nation, behind San Jose, California

[bose]

Something about this does not make sense..I mean we do have shooting ranges all over the country right? You don't need to have a license to go to a shooting range, you can bring a legally obtained weapon with you and even in the state of new york cases have been dropped because the gun owner who bought it legally case carrying his/her weapon in a secure manner and following all protocols mandated by federal law. Now this dude had a gun and three ****zines empty...Maybe he just bought it legally in ******ia and while on a press tour was working his way on home. I mean seriously a licensed gun owner (albeit out of town) with a legally acquired gun who doesn't even have bullets for it becomes a criminal? He might as well have bought a hot one with the serials off the way they are treating this. Unfortunately for him he had this happen in the middle of the Mayor going to war with the NRA out of his own pockets. This is all for show because I don't think you can honestly present this to a jury with a guy with no criminal history, licensed (albeit in another state), who just came off a massive press tour and is a religious person. Plaxico and wayne's guns where never licensed anywhere to pack heat so the same rules don't apply in terms of jury, case presentation, etc. They can't demonize him in court and that's what they usually use. If anything expect this dude to become a hero of sorts for gun rights activists.

More people need to read this post.

Don't know how else he could take home his gun if not present it like he did to the authorities. Sounds like he was following protocol.

I remember after the 911 inccident a man in a truck had the real box covered with tons of guns and was let go by California as he didn't know the laws here in Ca. I aggree i don't think they can charge Guerrero, at least i hope not.

[turnedup]

You live in new york city?

I said this in a post earlier and yes I am from new york, not sure if that guy is but in NY there are people who can under federal law carry a weapon from home and to a range legally without a license. You are not permitted to hoist a legally obtained gun in a waistband or any holster whatsoever but you can buy specialized duffell bags to transport your weapons. Folks have to remember the issue in NY is the illegally purchased guns, guns that can't be traced back to the person carrying it. New York has a limit per year of how many license to carry a concealed weapon they allow and unless you are rich, political, or connected you likely won't get one as a private citizen. So on the federal end this is a work around for the states gun enthusiasts who want to shoot a little at the range from time to time. The key here is the transportation of said weapon and it being transported by the person who went through a background check and provided identification that match up with the owner of the serials within that weapon.

[ElBossHogg™]

Well ask your girl since she works for the D.A. who prosecutes crimes committed in airports. Certainly not her bosses. So while yes the D.A. and Mayor have an agenda currently technically this is a federal case. Until and if it is knocked down to a state level then her bosses do the dirt.



I live in NY as my profile states. Plaxico's gun was not registered to him so even if he had a license in florida that's irrelevant. They've never said where this gun Robert had was registered, they've only said he's registered to carry in L.A. As a New Yorker I know full well we have gun shows in the state so it is feasible he bought the gun just about anywhere, and he wouldn't be the first. Either way as I stated earlier i'll wait for the other shoe to drop in this case because while the politicians are posturing and ranting the fact of the matter remains they didn't arrest him in midtown they got him at an airport which is a case that's federal not state.

Ive been saying that since the other thread, this is a federal case.

[Floyd R]

What you guys fail to realize is that having a gun license issued in one state has no bearing on the guns laws in another state. A gun license from one state does not have to be accepted in another state. If you are a legal gun owner and want to travel to another state with your weapon, you better know the laws of the state you are traveling to. New York state DOES NOT acknowledge gun licenses held by persons issued in another state, plain and simple. NYC does not even issue gun licenses to its own residents (except to people working in law enforcement, certain business owners, etc). The gun laws in NYC are the most restrictive in the country and have been this way for quite some time.

[Kagami Taiga]

He's not going to jail bro..while the district D.A. is talking press about 4 felonies this case technically isn't going to be prosecuted by him because airports operate under federal rules and that's where this happened. Unless the feds knock it down to a state crime it's a federal case and on federal grounds if he bought his gun legally, carried it in a safe manner, and as reported voluntarily turned it in responsibly the court is not going to waste its time and deal with the uproar that will ensue from gun fanatics. The reality is this guy is licensed even if it's another state his saving grace would be if he legally just bought it while in his travels. If that's the case this will be utterly thrown out.

u are wrong. he will be prosecuted by the ocal authorities. sure the federal government can prosecute them, but they wont. they will probably leave it to nu, which is entirely in their power to do and which they do on numerous occasions. he violated both state and federal law, he can rightfully be prosecuted by both as long as the two laws do not conflict. if they do u go with the federal law over the state. but this is not the case here.

[Memphlow]

California Gun Laws

Let's close the door on the assumption that he brought the gun from Cali. High Capacity mags are already illegal there. I would be suprised if the made it through the airport with two of them.

[turnedup]

It didn't just happen at the air port unless the air port is the only place Guerrero stayed whilst he was in New York? Presumably he traveled with the unlicensed weapon, the air port is just the place he got caught.

If you buy weed in the bronx but get arrested in manhattan where is the arrested documented? There's your answer, he didn't get caught btw he turned his weapon in as i'm sure he's probably done in many other states. I doubt you move around the country with a gun through airports and nobody finds it.

[greglory]

He's not going to jail bro..while the district D.A. is talking press about 4 felonies this case technically isn't going to be prosecuted by him because airports operate under federal rules and that's where this happened. Unless the feds knock it down to a state crime it's a federal case and on federal grounds if he bought his gun legally, carried it in a safe manner, and as reported voluntarily turned it in responsibly the court is not going to waste its time and deal with the uproar that will ensue from gun fanatics. The reality is this guy is licensed even if it's another state his saving grace would be if he legally just bought it while in his travels. If that's the case this will be utterly thrown out.

You must be a ***-tard. That is absolutely incorrect. He has no saving grace because he is not licensed to carry across state lines. Is he in law enforcement? Nope. Quit spouting nonsense this jerkoff is going to jail.