Yeah, knock me over with a feather. The confirmed, card-carrying RINO Chris Christie, ostensibly a few pounds lighter in girth due to his lap-band surgery a year or so ago, has bequeathed a full and complete pardon to Shaneen White, a woman arrested in Joisey for having had the temerity to carry her concealed weapon across the state line from PA to NJ.
Yeah, she should've known better. But she spent 40 days in jail before being bailed, apparently, and God knows what kind of bullshit she's been through up to this point.
But back to Christie - once a RINO, always a RINO? Is he pandering to the conservative base? Or is he genuinely sympathetic to the plights of this woman?
For one, I'll take "once a RINO, always a RINO, merely pandering to the conservative base for $200, Alex."
Shaneen Allen, a single mother of two young children, had a concealed carry permit in her home state of Pennsylvania. But when she crossed the line into New Jersey and was pulled over for a minor traffic infraction, the ensuing discovery of her weapon, which she disclosed to the officer, meant she was facing a mandatory 3-5 year sentence in prison if convicted. Allen worked as a phlebotomist in Pennsylvania and had been robbed twice during the course of the year, leading her to purchase a firearm to protect her family. She had no prior convictions.
Gun activists rushed to her defense upon her arrest. She made bail after 40 days and then awaited a possible felony charge. The county in question agreed to let her attend a pre-trial intervention class— an alternative to prosecution for first-time offenders—setting a useful new precedent that will now allow those who are legal gun owners in other states to use this alternative route instead of being turned into felons when they cross the state line.
More at the link:
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/04/02/christie-pardons-philly-mom-arrested-for-her-concealed-weapon-in-new-jersey/
