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2007/10/30

Arizona. Illegal aliens allowed to have guns? Not quite but close.

@ 01:26 AM (6 months, 19 days ago)

This is outrageous. Because of a glitch in the way the law was written Arizona prosecutors can't charge illegals for possessing a firearm. There are federal laws but then it's up to the fed whether or not they'll prosecute.

Go figure.

Phoenix - A 3-year-old state law aimed at illegal entrants who carry guns can't be enforced unless prosecutors also show the weapon was somehow involved in interstate commerce, the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The judges unanimously rejected arguments by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office that Israel Perez could be charged with being a "prohibited possessor'' simply by virtue of being in this country illegally and having a gun. They said that's not the way the law reads.


 

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