Members of the ATF Task Force and the JTF arrested 25 year old BASSIL KAMALI on weapons charges during an undercover sting operation on 010413.
KAMALI was being investigated after officers learned he was trying to purchase a handgun and ammunition. KAMALI is currently on probation for Armed Robbery and Armed Burglary and is considered a Violent Felon. His prior convictions prevent him from owning or possessing any firearms or ammunition.
Undercover agents spoke with KAMALI several times on the phone. He told them he was looking for a gun so he could commit an armed robbery. He was willing to $200 for a gun and said he would pay for it with the proceeds from the robbery.
The undercover agents met KAMALI in a parking lot near Red Bank and Lloyd to sell him the gun. Prior to arriving, the agents rendered the gun inoperable. KAMALI met with the agents took possession of the gun. He told agents he had a potential target in mind and was going to do the robbery when he left the meeting. As he began to leave, he was taken into custody without incident.
KAMALI was arrested on state charges of Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon. Agents did not determine who or what the target was for the robbery.
$100 says the target was someone this POS thought would be unarmed.
What irks me about this is that this dude committed an attempted armed robbery against a father while his kids were at home in 2009, and now he’s out…why exactly?
I’m sure they just didn’t have room in prison what with all the nonviolent pot smokers taking up all the bunks. This is a great example how backward our priorities are and how much our Federal “War on Drugs” is screwing us.
The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population, but it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners. Our misguided “War on Drugs” is largely to blame. We have 2.3 million people in prison in this country. There are 15 US States with total populations LESS than that figure.
We should think about some of this crap next time we hear a politician giving us his “crack down on drugs” spiel.
I do agree this looser should still be locked up, but don’t turn loose convicted felons to house him, just give him a cot on the floor. The issue is the ACLU and the “rights” of convicted felons that are in prisons. Why should a prisoner have mandated amount of space?
POT is still illegal, so therefore people should still be prosecuted for violations of those laws. If they do make it legal, then that would be a different story, but at this time, it is illegal.
I disagree. I think States and county sheriffs should simply refuse to enforce Federal Marijuana laws. Interestingly, when alcohol was prohibited at the federal level, they at LEAST thought enough to follow the Constitution and get an Amendment. Not so with marijuana, which is a naturally occurring weed which is not addictive, has few is any long term effects on users, has a far lesser effect on the performance of drivers under its influence, and actually has many legitimate medicinal and industrial uses beyond recreational use.
Federal prohibitions on personal habits are themselves illegal. Neither Congress nor the Executive has any Constitutional basis for this kind of activity, which should rightly be left to the States. Remember, if it’s not explicitly permitted in the Constitution, per the 10th Amendment, it should be a State only issue.
As far as the ACLU, they have done some good things and some bad things. The same could be said of most organizations.
I do not want the police writing our laws through defacto methods.
We need honesty in the legalization debate. The reason most want it legalized is not for medical reasons it is because they want to get high. We can have a honest discussion about that.
Further more, those selling it today are not freedom fighters. They are people involved in criminal activity. I doubt most will leave that life style because we take the illicit profits out of MJ dealing.
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