Monday’s pro-gun rally in Richmond, VA really brought out the stupid on the left. Because these are liberals, the stupidity wasn’t even really about gun but rather racism. NY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez couldn’t understand why cops show when black people riot but didn’t crack the skulls of the peaceful white people in Richmond. Along those same lines, a liberal lawyer from NY thinks it’s a shame all those law-abiding people in Richmond were “allowed” to walk around with guns while black teenagers illegally possessing firearms are tossed in jail.
Scott Hechinger is a public defender in Brooklyn and yes, he’s white. Or maybe he’s a WINO (white in name only) because this was his take on the Richmond 2nd Amendment rally:
In New York, Black teenagers face a mandatory minimum of 3.5 years and maximum of 15 years in prison for simple possession a firearm. Meanwhile, in Virginia, parades of white people in ski-masks carrying assault weapons walk menacingly down the street on #MLKDay & all is normal. https://t.co/9yeR04ptSh
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) January 20, 2020
As a public defender, presumably that makes Hechinger a lawyer and yet here he is not knowing a damn thing about the law. First of all, black teenagers in NYC are not old enough to legally possess a firearm, which means if they have one they are breaking the law. The white people in Virginia were old enough to possess firearms and hence were not breaking the law. Secondly, carrying a concealed weapon is banned for people of all races in NYC while Virginia is an open carry state for people of all races.
These simple legal facts would explain why black teenagers caught with guns are jailed in NYC and law-abiding white people in Virginia were not arrested for exercising their Constitutional rights.
This is certainly not something that is race-specific as white teenagers can’t legally carry guns in NYC either. They too face a mandatory minimum sentence of 3.5 years for illegal possession of a firearm. Also, in Virginia, law-abiding black people are free to openly carry their firearms. In fact, here’s a couple of black guys who participated in the Richmond pro-gun rally:
Interview with one of today’s rally attendees. pic.twitter.com/l21jySGOAs
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) January 20, 2020
An African-American man waving a Trump flag jokingly tells the crowd: I am Gov. Ralph Northam and I am in blackface today.#VirginaRally pic.twitter.com/z32mnR5Tzp
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 20, 2020
That second guy is my new favorite person.
When the ridiculousness of Hechinger’s race-based argument was pointed out, he doubled-down on the idiocy:
Fact Check: Criminal laws, throughout the country, for all time, were, in fact, deliberately written to single out black teenagers. https://t.co/INEVnkbivu
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) January 21, 2020
Wow, just wow. Remember, this guy is a lawyer. My guess is he isn’t a very good one as public defenders tend to be the worst of the worst.
He is however an exceptional liberal. He doesn’t think black people should be jailed for crimes they were convicted of, but does think law-abiding white people should be arrested for exercising their Constitutionally protected rights. If he could find a way to make his twisted beliefs cost the American taxpayers $50 billion, he’d be the democratic party frontrunner in 2020.
