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Lil Wayne Begins 1-Year Jail Term in NYC Gun Case

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After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper delivered only a brief bow to fans and supporters as he was led out of a courtroom in handcuffs to start serving his sentence.

With that, Lil Wayne headed off to face his punishment in a case that had shadowed him as he became one of music's most prolific and profitable figures in recent years. Arrested in July 2007, he pleaded guilty in October to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He admitted he had the loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun on his bus.
IMHO, the sentence was ridiculous.

Hey Weezy. After you get out of jail, come to Houston, where you will be welcome, and you will also get to carry your gun without fear of going to jail. And, if someone tries to break into your tour bus, feel free to blow his ass away. :mrgreen:


Article is here.
 
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IMHO, the sentence was ridiculous.

Hey Weezy. After you get out of jail, come to Houston, where you will be welcome, and you will also get to carry your gun without fear of going to jail. And, if someone tries to break into your tour bus, feel free to blow his ass away. :mrgreen:


Article is here.

I actually don't think he'll be able to carry, even in TX. He's now a convicted felon.
 
IMHO, the sentence was ridiculous.

Agreed. Also, anyone know if sentencing has ever before been delayed due to 'grill remodeling'?
 
I think it is utterly ridiculous to sentence someone to jail for something they have a constitutional right to. What next sentence someone to jail because they said something someone didn't like or because they went to a oddball church?
 
I actually don't think he'll be able to carry, even in TX. He's now a convicted felon.

Depends. In Texas, convicted felons can file a form to get their rights restored. I know a fellow musician who went to prison for 2 years on a marijuana conviction, but had his rights restored within 5 years after he got out. He now has a concealed carry license. Each case in Texas is looked at differently, depending on the circumstances. All the ex-felon has to do is file a request for restoration of rights.
 
I hope he mixes a new record while in Jail.

Lil Weezy shootin' the breezy.
 
:adds NY to list of places to never live:
 
.... I don't understand conservatives when it comes to rap music. All the conservatives go on FOX News saying it is bad because it is offensive to women, children and whoever the other poster child is and promotes violence. But a rapper gets put in jail for having a gun even though 90% of his lyrics are about killing people and now he'll be welcomed in Texas? LOLwut?

As a funny and related story :

How Lil Wayne survived shooting himself at age 12 | New Lil Wayne
 
On the downside i dislike NY's gunlaws.

On the plus side maybe I'll hear a little less autotune.

It evens out
 
On the downside i dislike NY's gunlaws.

On the plus side maybe I'll hear a little less autotune.

It evens out

You're thinking of T-Pain & Kanye West.
 
IMHO, the sentence was ridiculous.

Hey Weezy. After you get out of jail, come to Houston, where you will be welcome, and you will also get to carry your gun without fear of going to jail. And, if someone tries to break into your tour bus, feel free to blow his ass away. :mrgreen:


Article is here.

I don't get what he did wrong. He had a gun on his bus? Was he threatening people with it? Was he waving it around? Discharging it randomly into the air? What actual crime is there?
 
I actually don't think he'll be able to carry, even in TX. He's now a convicted felon.

Wait...what!? Some BS gun law, and now he's a felon? This is why this **** has all got to come with expiration dates.
 
NYC's gun laws are based on bigotry anyway.
 
Wait...what!? Some BS gun law, and now he's a felon? This is why this **** has all got to come with expiration dates.

Section 265.02 Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree

A person is guilty of criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree when:

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(4) Such person possesses any loaded firearm. Such possession shall not, except as provided in subdivision one or seven, constitute a violation of this section if such possession takes place in such person's home or place of business

Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree is a class D felony.

New York Penal Law
 
Wait...what!? Some BS gun law, and now he's a felon? This is why this **** has all got to come with expiration dates.

Well, for one he had a loaded gun. For two he has a wrap sheet on illegal drug possession half a mile long. So no. He is not a felon simply because he had a gun. He is a felon now because like most retarded celebrities he thought he was above the law. Now hit us all with your latest arrangement of the words 'liberty' 'freedom' 'statist' and/or 'authoritarian'. I'm sure you already have one.
 
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Well, for one he had a loaded gun.

As an American he has the constitution right to keep and bear arms.

For two he has a wrap sheet on illegal drug possession half a mile long. So no.

He should lose constitutional rights because of a criminal past?
 
As an American he has the constitution right to keep and bear arms.



He should lose constitutional rights because of a criminal past?

If he used a gun as part of his criminal past, he should lose his rights. Otherwise, he should retain them.
 
If he used a gun as part of his criminal past, he should lose his rights.

So if someone was convicted or sued for slander should lose the right to free speech and someone like Jimmy Swaggart should be permanently banned from any church?

Otherwise, he should retain them.

If he can't be trusted to behave as a proper citizen with rights then they should have never released him.
 
Well, for one he had a loaded gun. For two he has a wrap sheet on illegal drug possession half a mile long. So no. He is not a felon simply because he had a gun. He is a felon now because like most retarded celebrities he thought he was above the law. Now hit us all with your latest arrangement of the words 'liberty' 'freedom' 'statist' and/or 'authoritarian'. I'm sure you already have one.

Well RightinNYC showed that it's the law in NY that possession of the gun in and of itself is a felony. So I guess that's you getting served. I'm sure you'll have ample opportunity in the future to profess your anti-libertarian anger and make statements which you can't back up and are shown wrong on again. So don't get too discouraged Angry McHaterson.
 
I think that lil Wayne, if he wasn’t so prominent would have been able to get that knocked down to something like a seat-belt violation (don’t ask how I know) if he had a decent attorney.
 
I think that lil Wayne, if he wasn’t so prominent would have been able to get that knocked down to something like a seat-belt violation (don’t ask how I know) if he had a decent attorney.

NYC is pretty serious about this stuff though. I think Plaxico Burress is doing 2 years for shooting himself in the leg.
 
Well RightinNYC showed that it's the law in NY that possession of the gun in and of itself is a felony. So I guess that's you getting served. I'm sure you'll have ample opportunity in the future to profess your anti-libertarian anger and make statements which you can't back up and are shown wrong on again. So don't get too discouraged Angry McHaterson.

Possession of a firearm itself is not illegal. Possession of a loaded firearm is. But don't let the facts stop you. The fact that he has so many prior convictions is just adding to it. But please tell us all how you plan on calling sending a famous criminal to jail is a bad thing. And which statements haven't I been able to back up? I'd like to see them. ;)
 
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