Christopher Rubio
Local news reports
Christopher Rubio, 27, of Swan Lake, was sentenced Thursday in Sullivan County Court to 10 years in state prison for breaking into a home and stealing guns.
In January, Rubio broke into a home on Barton Road in the Town of Liberty and stole five legally owned handguns from a gun safe, Sullivan County District Attorney Jim Farrell said.
One of the guns has been recovered; police are still looking for the others.
Rubio had pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal possession of a weapon, felonies.
Under plea-deal terms, he faced a maximum of 12 years and a minimum of seven.
Are we to conclude that you blame the legal owner?
ReplyDeleteDid he say that? NO.
DeleteThis is your stated, "I never make a decision before the facts are in" lying stance.
Why WOULD you ask that, Greg. Didn't you see the part about the gun safe?
DeleteYou should get one.
Anonymous, do you know the difference between asking a question and making a statement?
DeleteMikeb, you typically blame the legal owner when a gun gets stolen. I'm surprised that you aren't saying that this owner failed to have a good enough safe.
And what I have or don't have is none of your concern, nor is it any of your knowledge.
You question accuses Mike of facts not given. Typical for a lying gun loon.
DeleteYou do make a point, Greg. I think whenever a gun is stolen a judge should look into the storage of that gun and determine if indeed the owner had used a proper safe. So, yes, it is possible that a person had an inadequate safe in the opinion of the presiding judge. But for our purposes, the determination is simply if there was a gun safe or not. Under the pillow or in the night-stand drawer, like you probably keep your guns, is not sufficient and should result in charges against the poor victim of the theft.
DeleteI figured you'd want to question the victim here. But unlike you, I blame the only person responsible for the crime--the thief.
DeleteSo no standard- it's all up to the judge. No matter what you do, it's all up to what kind of judge you get. Why would anyone call the police after a theft and risk jail time?
DeleteJudicial rulings are the standard in our society; and we have an appeal process as a check on judicial decisions. No surprise these lying criminal gun loons reject this process.
DeleteAnonymous, it's the fact that we shouldn't have laws that punish the victim of theft in the first place.
DeleteI understand it's only criminal coward lying Greg's rules that matter to you. You don't agree with the law, and you promote others to break and ignore the law. There is a process to get rid of bad laws, you refuse to engage and only spout criminal disregard for the law.
DeleteAnon, that is what is called judicial activism. Keep in mind that you, Mikeb, and others are already decrying judicial decisions because you think they aren't severe enough when it comes to mishandling of firearms.
DeleteIf you want a law to have a certain penalty, you need to get it passed into law, instead of hoping the judge will see things your way. Good luck with that.
Greg, as I've mentioned a time or two, apparently to deaf ears, I do blame the thief for stealing the gun. But, what you like to overlook is any possible failure on the part of the gun owner to take reasonable precautions to safely store the gun. Of course in this case there was a specific mention of a gun safe, so what the fuck are you being so contentious about?
DeleteBecause this shows that even gun safes can be defeated. Does this criminal strike you as particularly brilliant or skillful?
DeleteThe sole responsibility for theft of another person's property lies with the thief. You don't shout for charges against any other victim of theft, despite all the harm that can be done with many types of stolen property. This is an indication of your obsession with guns.
"Anon, that is what is called judicial activism." What the hell are you talking about?
DeleteThe site liar expressed disdain for laws he disagrees with. Typical for a criminal lying coward. You guys are all for ignoring laws and have expressed it many times.
Because gun safes CAN be defeated, we should continue to allow idiot gun owners to keep their guns unsecured? That's brilliant, Greg.
DeleteNo, Mikeb, we should keep you out of things that are none of your business.
DeleteRight, it's not a citizens business, that 33,000 people a year die from gun shots.
DeleteTypical stand from a lying criminal.
Anonymous, we're talking about how guns are stored. But when you're ready to discuss how to reduce gun deaths, let me know. Gun control isn't the answer, by the way.
DeleteGun control worked in Tombstone and many other western towns. Gun control worked in the gangland killings in the 1920's. Just two examples.
DeleteAlways nice proving you wrong.
Gun control worked in Tombstone? You mean where the law enforcement of the town slaughtered people in a political dispute? But hey, keep believing left-wing tales about the Old West. Your side needs to get the story straight though. On the one hand, we're told that we're trying to make the streets into the Wild West today, but now you're claiming that the Wild West wasn't wild. And regarding the 1920s, gun control didn't come until the 30s.
DeleteBut when you want to talk actual history, let me know.
So you are saying Tombstone never banned guns (gun control) in its city limits, which did lesson gun deaths in the town? Those are facts. Can't talk history with someone who does not know the history. Study up, then get back. Nice to see you are still a lying criminal coward.
DeleteGun control worked in the gangland killings in the 1920's.
Delete"In January 1929 there were 26 killings. Forty-two people were killed in Chicago last month, the most in January since 2002, and far worse than the city's most notorious crime era at the end of the Roaring Twenties."
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?id=8977635
Yep, gun control's working really well there.
What dishonest bullshit. You didn't mention that taking those guns off the streets back in the 1920's an 30's helped stop the killing then.
DeleteBut you twist it and compare it to today's obviously worse problem. Which only proves we need stiffer gun control, and that you are a dishonest jack ass.
Actually its more likely the killings stopped due to the repeal of Prohibition, eliminating the need for such rivalry between suppliers of a commonly used product.
DeleteAfter all, the gangs were already violating federal law by distributing alcohol, and they didn't seem averse to murder. You think they decided that particular law helped?
More of your bullshit guesses and twisting lies.
DeleteAt least you didn't use the lawful gun owner tag this time. Good job Mike.
ReplyDeleteNow, why would YOU say that? I expect that nonsense from Greg.
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