New York State Tyranny - War On Women! © 2018 Phillip Evans

January 10th, a young woman from Colorado, Haley Leach, who had been visiting New York State, per TSA rules, had her unloaded pistol properly packed into her luggage ready to have it checked in at Albany International Airport for her Southwest flight home to Colorado, and declared it by the book.

Photo by Tim Vasquez

And how was she treated? She was publicly humiliated and thoroughly inconvenienced by being handcuffed, arrested, kidnapped and taken to a holding cell by armed government agents who have zero respect for the U.S. Constitution and their Oath of Office.

She then had to post $200 bail, and was ordered to return to New York in February to face criminal charges of unlawfully possessing a pistol. 

What?! How can this happen when the following is true?

1. We have an amendment to our nation's Constitution which guarantees that the PEOPLE have the right to keep and BEAR arms: "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

Notwithstanding many supposed "scholars" ("progressives") having no clue what the prefatory clause means, you and I are among "the People", even if we are not part of an organized citizen militia.

2. New York Civil Rights Law repeats the Second Amendment word for word.

3. She obviously was not a danger to anyone just for wanting to travel back home with an unloaded pistol in her checked baggage.

4. She followed TSA's rules to the letter, showing that she is an honest, law-abiding citizen.

And yet:

“We’re taking so many law abiding citizens and basically making them criminals.”  - Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple.

Where are the rich, supposed champions of women, such as Oprah, Whoopi, and Michael Bloomberg? Don't hold your breath for any of them to come to Ms. Leach's rescue. They'd rather see her spend years in prison away from her family. How dare she own a tool of self-reliance and independence? How dare she go off the reservation of leftist disarmament? How dare she not trust the government to keep her safe?

Jury Nullification!

Folks, if you're ever on a jury for someone like Ms. Leach who is savaged by the government, use the power of your vote to say, "Not Guilty!" It is your right to do so, and no one can force you to change your vote. Not the judge, not the prosecutor, and not the other jurors. 

In the early 30's it worked for Prohibition. Out of thousands of cases where people had the audacity to possess alcoholic beverages, only a small percentage resulted in convictions, and the government finally gave up. MAKE THEM GIVE UP on GUN RIGHTS INFRINGEMENTS as well!

Another solution would be to have H.R.38 become law. It passed the U.S. House, and awaits action by the U.S. Senate. Call and write your Senators to demand they pass it and put it on the President's desk!