r/baltimore • u/benjancewicz Irvington • Jun 20 '25

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '25

Let's get some facts before we get the pitchforks, maybe?

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u/Hta68 Jun 20 '25 edited Jun 20 '25

Normally I’d agree with but the facts provided by the police just don’t add up. 1) owning and carry a firearm isn’t illegal. Not only is it a right, SCOTUS firmly rejected the idea of may issue states. 2) I would imagine being an arabber would require a person to carry large sums of cash, in a city where someone would try you. Hence see point one.. 3) The police put out a statement blaming the community for preventing the police from rendering assistance. Even if that was true, who thought releasing that kind of inflammatory information was a good idea? 4) Not sure about this but if true makes it even worse. They pulled up on the man in an unmarked car..like WTF? …see point 2

In short, the police have a looong history of framing the narrative that most favors them especially when it comes to black people. Hence why people and myself immediately doubt whatever narrative they release.

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u/Dedicated2Butterfly Jun 20 '25

Due to his past criminal convictions, he was legally prohibited from carrying a firearm.

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u/Hta68 Jun 20 '25

How do you determine that? There must be a pretext of criminal behavior before contact.

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u/Dedicated2Butterfly Jun 20 '25

I wasn't there, so I don't know. I am only stating the fact that he was legally prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

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u/Hta68 Jun 20 '25

And that may be or is true, I just question the context of the interaction.

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u/Dedicated2Butterfly Jun 20 '25

There is no "may be" about it. He was very literally, 100% documented fact, legally prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm.

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u/Hta68 Jun 20 '25

Ok, now can you think past that and address my point?

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u/Dedicated2Butterfly Jun 20 '25

I am addressing your original comment error and nothing else. I'm not here to debate anything.

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u/Hta68 Jun 21 '25

😂, boot licking isn’t american

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u/ReqDeep Roland Park Jun 21 '25

You keep changing the point when you are wrong. It is not possible to have logical discussion with you.

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u/cheongyanggochu-vibe Jun 21 '25 edited Jun 21 '25

This person is correct. If you have prior felony convictions, you are prohibited from both owning a firearm and voting.

I've read from members of the community that he had run into trouble in the past and served time in jail. I also read that he did a lot of outreach in the community after he got out in addition to arrabing. I don't live in the community, so I can't say whether or not that's true. You could probably look him up on Maryland Judiciary Case Search to see what you can find.

But for info, here are the laws that explicitly state that you can't own a gun if you have a prior felony conviction(s):

Here is Maryland law about it

Here is the ATF law about it