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There’s been a case in New York that I should have been following more closely. Dexter Taylor was a hobby gunsmith. He liked the nature of putting together guns from lawfully purchased parts.
However,thestateofNewYorkdisapprovedofthispastime.TheyarrestedTaylorand,onMonday,hewasconvicted.
MyfriendJeffCharlesoveratoursistersiteRedStatehasbeencoveringthiscaseprettymuchfromthejump,andinhisstoryfromMondayaboutthesentencing,therewassomethingwehadtotalkabout.
Yousee,thejudgeinthecasehasdecidedthatacertainrightofinteresttoBearingArmsreadersdoesn’tactuallyexistinherstate.
FromthebeginningofTaylor’strial,itwasevidentthatthecourtwouldbebiasedagainstthedefendant,accordingto[Taylor’sattorney,Vinoo]Varghese,whoexplainedthattwojudgespresidedoverhiscasebeforethecurrentofficial,JudgeAbenaDarkeh,tookover.
ThejudgedisruptedVarghese’sopeningstatementmultipletimesashetriedtosetthestageforTaylor’sdefense.Evenfurther,sheadmonishedthedefensetorefrainfrommentioningtheSecondAmendmentduringthetrial.VarghesetoldR
