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Digging up the flower-beds.


Tuesday, June 2, 2009

It's not sexism, it's "differently empowered"

Giving new teeth to the phrase "electric leash":
Sheriff's spokeswoman Elise Schaffer said Cody J. Redenius, 20, is under a domestic abuse restraining order that prohibits him from possessing a firearm.

His ex--girlfriend told investigators she found a picture of Redenius holding the shotgun on his Facebook account. The picture was posted Wednesday. It's unclear who posted it.
What's the real story here? Is it that one can be busted over a social-networking site for alleged wrong-doing, or that a restraining order (not, mind you, a conviction by a jury of peers) invalidates numerous Constitutionally-protected rights?

Brought to you by Joe "Foot-in-Mouth" Biden via the VAWA of 1994: remember, this man is one heart-beat away from the Football...

1 comment:

Elusive Wapiti said...

Not only that, but a misdemeanor nowadays results in restriction of one's constitutional rights as well.