Imagine if someone with a firearms license walked onto a MARTA train with a shotgun. He couldn't be arrested, even though someone can be ticketed for eating on a train.
"So I just want to be clear," I asked MARTA police Chief Wanda Dunham. "If I had a turkey sandwich in one hand and a gun in the other hand, MARTA police would ticket me for the turkey sandwich?"
"If you're eating it," she replied. "Only if you're eating it."
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Absurdities
Light posting today, because I have a test. I don't do much "drive-by blogging" where I just link to stuff and don't comment, but I wanted to pass along this great line from CL highlighting the absurdity of our gun laws (and also of MARTA ticketing policy):
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