…is an unstable child star who’s going all Dana Plato on us.
What’s the perfect birthday gift?
We can reveal that Kevin Federline feared his ex would use the Beretta pistol he bought her as a birthday gift to MURDER their two young sons.
I’m not sure I’d want to be the lawyer for either of those crazy kids.
(The “funny” part to note, of course, is that either Britney or KFed would have a better shot of getting a carry permit in New York City than would, say, a rape victim or a person living in a crappy neighborhood. Good thing they don’t live in New York, hey?)
I do hope you’re not denying Britney’s Second Amendment right to carry a firearm. She’s just another law-abiding (well, close enough to satisfy your loose standards) citizen who needs to defend herself from criminals, obsessed fans and the voices in her head telling her she’s totally regained her shape after the babies. Just the kind of person you and your pals are working to arm.
No, she’s pretty much a poster child for the NRA’s “stricter enforcement” efforts.
But ironically, while her behavior would most likely disqualify her for a carry permit in Utah or North Dakota (or Minnesota, for that matter), she could get a carry permit in NYC pretty much for the asking.
On what grounds would she be disqualified?
In most “Shall Issue” states, the Sheriff or Police Chief of the jurisdiction to which someone applies for a permit can reject the application for cause – meaning any cause they’re willing to defend in court. And, in addition to criminal records, or any record of alcohol or drug abuse, demonstrable mental instability is cause under every “Shall Issue” law I’m aware of.
And Brit’s mental instability would seem to be “demonstrable”.
In “may issue” states, it’s entirely up to the discretion of the Chief or Sheriff (or, in NYC, a small number of bureaucrats at the NYPD); it becomes almost entirely a matter of clout and connections. A rape victim, abused spouse or someone who’s been mugged can almost never get a permit in NYC (or urban California), while the list of celebrities with NYPD-issued permits is long and, in some cases, comical.
(Like Pinch Sulzberger – whose NYTimes has railed for decades against civilian gun ownership, and who has a…well, do I need to finish?)
Sure, but she’s already got the gun, assuming the “News of the World” is to be believed. And what if celebrities have guns? You think that’s a good thing. You just wish everybody else had guns.
Sure, but she’s already got the gun, assuming the “News of the World” is to be believed.
Right. Two different subjects: KFed’s was nuts to buy Brit a gun, but Brit would STILL stand a better chance of getting a permit in NYC than, say, the presumably sane (I kill me), law-abiding Clown (assuming you wanted one, yadda yadda, duly noted, provided purely as an example).
And what if celebrities have guns? You think that’s a good thing.
Apples and wildebeests. Celebs with guns is neither fish nor Wildebeest; the fact that NYC (and Los Angeles) considers celebrity lives more worthy and competent to defend themselves than the hoi-polloi is all I’m pointing out.
Rosie O’Donnell’s bodyguards get permits; a woman in the Bronx who’s being stalked by a violent ex-boyfriend can’t.
You just wish everybody else had guns.
As usual, no. Just all the law-abiding, sane, non-addled people.
Like me. And, more or less, you, were you interested.
Sometimes Angryclown wakes up in a cold sweat at the thought that Gilbert Gottfried might be packing heat.
Oddly, I wake up in a sweat realizing that Marisa Tomei might be.
A very warm sweat.
Marisa Tomei………sigh…………anyway, back to the subject at hand. Gilbert Gottfried always has his eyes shut. Target acquisition questionable at best. Wasn’t he in one of those police academe movies? As a proud owner of many firearms you can bet the trigger locks would be in place should Brittney stop by. I suppose when your crazy wife has everything, buying a birthday present can be difficult. But still.
That’s not sweat, my friend. And if you ask Dr. Freud, that’s not a gun Marisa’s packing.