Olofson Update
David Codrea reports that the Supreme Court has denied cert in the case.
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October 14th, 2009 at 10:42 am
The great thing about America is that everyone is entitled to their day in court. Unless the court’s too busy to be bothered.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Olofson had his day in court. It’s too bad he chose to waste it with incompetent attorneys and silly “Shall Not Be Infringed!” legal arguments.
October 14th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I don’t see anything silly about “shall not be infringed”. It’s supposed to be the law of the land and a constitutional right.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Easy for you to say, Holly. I live in the same Appelate Court district, would be processed by the same ATF office, and own a WASR. Find me an AK-variant owner who says they’ve never had a double, and you’ve shown me either a liar or a collector who never shoots.
I’m not going to argue that Olofson handled this as best as it could be, but that shouldn’t matter. He had no clear criminal intent, but was tried and convicted nonetheless. THAT is how he didn’t get his day in court; it should have nothing to do with peripheral considerations like legal tact or posturing.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Chas, no one is – or has ever been – entitled to a day before the Supreme Court. Only a tiny percentage of cases get heard there. As to “shall not be infringed,” you might want to read up on the historical meaning of the word “infringe.” Its original meaning was closer to “destroy” than to “kinda-sorta-almost step near, if not on, the toes of…” as the Shall Not Be Infringed (TM) crowd is wont to suggest.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
“Its original meaning was closer to “destroy” than to “kinda-sorta-almost step near, if not on, the toes of…” as the Shall Not Be Infringed (TM) crowd is wont to suggest.”
Except there were folks who owned cannon, and privateers, and the guys fighting the war had BETTER weapons then the other side, and all kinds of stuff, and records, statements, and all that. If you’d like to point out specific laws and “kinda-sorta-almost step near, if not on, the toes of…” laws from the time we’re all ears.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:54 am
Washington DC banned handguns outright. Chicago and Oak Park still do. If that doesn’t “infringe” the RKBA, nothing does. But Olofson wasn’t busted under a law like that, was he?
October 16th, 2009 at 3:43 am
No, he wasn’t, but he was convicted on perjured testimony and prosecutorial misconduct.