Scoot in the news
The local paper has a bit about Scoot by Jamie Satterfield. The article seems a bit sensationalist in my opinion. Also, seems he had a third felony from 1997 as well. Also, it looks as though he’s been accused of manufacturing for resale, which he has denied.
March 29th, 2006 at 10:05 am
Federal prosecutors allege this felon didn’t just possess guns. He was making them.
Sounds like one of those stupid tag lines you see before the 11pm news…
“Felon in YOUR neighborhood putting your kids in DANGER…? Tune in at 11!!!”
Nice “hard hitting” reporting Jamie.
March 29th, 2006 at 1:09 pm
“Aggravated assault of a police officer”?
What, he yelled at a cop?
Doesn’t look good for Scoot.
March 29th, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I agree on the sensationalism – I have house plans and a double bevel sliding compound mitre saw in my basement, but I don’t think anyone would reasonably say I intended to build a house for resale.
On the other hand, I do hate to see a presumably otherwise good gun owner making the rest of us look bad by getting arrested for possession by a felon. It’s not like we all don’t know the law, whether we like it or not.
March 29th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
[…] I know he’s your friend, Uncle, but that’s just dumb. I’m sorry. It’s one thing if we were talking about a dime bag of weed here, but three felonies? Including assaut of a law enforcement officer? If that’s not the type of felony for which we’d prohibit someone from owning guns, I’m not sure what would be (without getting into weasely, Clintonesque definitions of “felony”). Guys like that reinforce anti-gunnie stereotypes, and only hurt the gun rights cause. At this point, I hope he has really good representation, because it looks to me like he’ll be lucky to get off without serious jail time. Via SayUncle. […]
March 29th, 2006 at 8:27 pm
Kevin:
If it were that simple, I don’t think they’d have classified it as aggravated assault. In most jurisdictions, “aggravated” implies an attempt to do serious bodily harm, or use of a deadly weapon. Perhaps one of the lawyers in the crowd can weigh in.