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Cha

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Wed Aug 20, 2014, 02:56 AM Aug 2014

Perk of Perry Indictment.. Did he know this when he was smilin' for his mug shot? [View all]

Herman: Indicted Gov. Rick Perry can’t carry concealed gun or buy ammo

Forget that it could ruin his presidential aspirations. Look beyond the possibility he could spend about a century in prison explaining to fellow inmates (with names like Mad Dog and Widowmaker) the intricacies of constitutional law and vetoes.

Those of you who wish ill upon Gov. Rick Perry (and shame on you for doing so) perhaps will find delight in the fact that his indictment already has hit him where it hurts. It’s right there in federal law, specifically the federal law known as 18 USC 922(n), and I quote:

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person (1) is under indictment for, or has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.”

Thanks to last week’s indictment, your fun-with-guns governor is now in that category.

For those of you who’ve been sleeping since it happened Friday, Travis County grand jurors indicted Perry on charges of abuse of official capacity and coercion of a public servant. The first count carries a possible prison term of five to 99 years. The second, two to 10. I’m no expert on law or math, but I believe those potential sentences each exceed one year."

More..
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/local/herman-indicted-gov-rick-perry-cant-carry-conceale/ng5h2/#2e1d8bc1.257319.735464

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Indictment strips Gov. Rick Perry of conceal carry rights http://shar.es/1nKUV5
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http://theobamadiary.com/2014/08/19/chat-on-38/

Just because..



"And, he noted, Perry can no longer carry a handgun while jogging on public property, as he was doing when he famously gunned down a menacing coyote in 2010."
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.. Cha Aug 2014 #1
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. Cha Aug 2014 #3
BANG gordianot Aug 2014 #4
BAM! Cha Aug 2014 #5
BOOM gordianot Aug 2014 #6
No more for Perry.. he'll feel empty without his infamous sidearm. Cha Aug 2014 #7
Barrump-bump! calimary Aug 2014 #9
mahalo, calimary~ Cha Aug 2014 #10
. Cha Aug 2014 #8
I love that pic. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #11
You're welcome, Uncle Joe.. I thought it was worth noting that ol smilin Rick won't Cha Aug 2014 #12
K & R SunSeeker Aug 2014 #13
Oh good.. you already found it.. I just left Cha Aug 2014 #14
It's the rule of law, ya know. TexasTowelie Aug 2014 #15
Yes, darn law.. and he'd better not break that one, TexasT! Cha Aug 2014 #17
What you wanna bet he'll keep on being a tool? It's not in him to rise any higher. Gawd help us all. freshwest Aug 2014 #16
Perry's DNA is riddled with TOOL. He'll never change.. he could even make this Cha Aug 2014 #19
Oh, noes! I fear that will leave a big hole in our border defenses... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #18
OH NOES!!111.. He won't look like such a Cha Aug 2014 #20
No more toting mwrguy Aug 2014 #21
really, mwrguy.. whatever will he do without his trusty sidearm?! Cha Aug 2014 #23
Does he get to keep any he already owns or do they confiscate them? nt Live and Learn Aug 2014 #22
I don't know about that, Live and Learn.. just that he doesn't get to go packin' in public.. Cha Aug 2014 #24
That is how I read it but doesn't really make sense. Live and Learn Aug 2014 #25
It doesn't make sense because the OP misread the law. former9thward Aug 2014 #60
I watched the booking yesterday live on the livestream Gothmog Aug 2014 #26
The visual must have been extraordinary, Gothmog! Cha Aug 2014 #34
It was fun Gothmog Aug 2014 #37
Ye-ah! After 14 years.. this where he's at. Cha Aug 2014 #38
What cracks me up is when he said this was politically motivated. Kinda like B Calm Aug 2014 #27
Yeah, ol genius just thought he'd throw that out there.. Cha Aug 2014 #35
That's what finger pointers do. Accuse the other person of doing what they are doing. B Calm Aug 2014 #42
Yep, that's what sociopaths do. smh Another page from the republicon playbook.. Cha Aug 2014 #43
Ha! Good... sheshe2 Aug 2014 #28
The streets are safer in the interim in good ol Texas, she! Cha Aug 2014 #36
so no more photo ops of side gunner perry? Javaman Aug 2014 #29
We're safe from Perry and his Gun Ops for awhile, Javaman. Cha Aug 2014 #39
true, but we will never be safe from his massively inflated ego. nt Javaman Aug 2014 #40
Right.. only the Gun OPs part. Perry's arrogant ego will continue.. maybe even worse Cha Aug 2014 #41
There are three things Perry can't live without... Rex Aug 2014 #30
I have no history of smiling upon hearing Perry's name, but now when I see his name in print Jefferson23 Aug 2014 #31
Yeah, ol Perry getting his just desserts for at least being Indicted and losing his Gun Privileges.. Cha Aug 2014 #44
Absolutely. He and his lawyers went for ice cream...the idiot's Jefferson23 Aug 2014 #46
Sorry, it took so long to get back to your post, Jefferson! Thank you so much for this!.. Cha Aug 2014 #48
You are most welcome, Cha. Things are getting interesting for Perry. I like Jefferson23 Aug 2014 #55
:) Cha Aug 2014 #57
You are misreading the law. former9thward Aug 2014 #32
k+R!! flamingdem Aug 2014 #33
Mahalo flamingdem! Cha Aug 2014 #45
KnR~ sheshe2 Aug 2014 #47
Thanks she.. I've been so Cha Aug 2014 #50
P.S. look what Jamaal came up with, she! Cha Aug 2014 #52
... Jamaal510 Aug 2014 #49
Freakin' Perfect, Jamaal! Cha Aug 2014 #51
My kids told me that the TDP is selling mugs with perry's mugshot Gothmog Aug 2014 #53
What's the TDP? Cha Aug 2014 #54
Texas Democratic Party Gothmog Aug 2014 #56
oh Haha LOL ROFL! Cha Aug 2014 #58
I have a feeling that I will be buying a few of these mugs Gothmog Aug 2014 #59
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