Tuesday, June 11, 2013

State took guns of man for mischief night egg fight

Via The Feral Irishman

 Norwalk Compressor employee James Gorham poses at his place of work in Stratford, Conn. on Friday June 7, 2013. Gorham has his gun permit revoked because he turned up in a database during a check for a misdemeanor arrest when he was 19 in 1971. Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post

A longtime gun owner who recently had his permit revoked over a 1971 Halloween egg fight was the inspiration for an amendment to the state's new gun law.

James E. Gorham, a 61-year-old Norwalk gun collector and target shooter, received a letter in January ordering him to turn in his guns; his one instance of teenage mischief disqualified him from legal gun ownership.

"I was first contacted by the Norwalk Police Department before I got a certified letter from the State Police," said Gorham, a businessman. "It was a real surprise. They told me I had been involved in domestic violence and I told them, `You've got the wrong person.' "

The letter referred to a misdemeanor charge for the egg fight, for which Gorham paid a $10 fine when he was 19.

So Gorham, manager of customer service and sales for the Norwalk Compressor Co., turned in his seven handguns to state police at Troop G in Bridgeport..

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  1. AnonymousJune 12, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    There are a couple of posts here on your blog that have been bugging me since I read them on my lunch break, this is the one that bothered me the most.

    I want to know how many of you would hand over your guns? Would you move out of state to a firearms friendly state? Would you give up your comfy life and walk away from everything to make a point (and keep your guns)?

    I wonder just how long it will take people to realize that the only way we are going to win against the tyrants is to realize we have/own NOTHING that they can't take from us by force and in order to win we have to have the mindset that we don't really own anything and we have nothing to lose in that aspect. I'm not articulating very well the point I'm trying to make, sorry, long day at work. ;)
    Miss Violet

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    1. Brock TownsendJune 12, 2013 at 8:44 PM

      I wonder just how long it will take people to realize that the only way we are going to win against the tyrants is to realize we have/own NOTHING that they can't take from us by force and in order to win we have to have the mindset that we don't really own anything and we have nothing to lose in that aspect.

      Actually I think there are many who won't give up their guns under any circumstance and rightly so. As I have mentioned before, if all of mine vanished for whatever reason, guaranteed I would be armed again within hours, no ifs, ands or buts, as would you, I am sure.:)

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