Saturday, March 15, 2014

New York Man Arrested for Negligent Discharge Which Injured his Girlfriend

Police arrested an Olean man for accidentally shooting his live-in girlfriend earlier this week.
Around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, police charged Logan Cooper, 24, of 1530 Martin St. with first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony; second-degree assault, a class D felony; and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a class E felony. 
Authorities said Cooper accidentally shot Connie Mascho, 28, in the right shoulder with a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol at 8:53 p.m. Monday. Cooper also injured one of his fingers in the incident. 

Cooper, police say, does not have a pistol permit, as required under state law.
Would this be considered a SAFE Act arrest? Do you think he would have been arrested had there been no permit requirement?

12 comments:

  1. Legal possession of a handgun in New York has required a license since 1911.

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    1. This was Olean, NY- not New York City.

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    2. To my knowledge, the Sullivan Act applies statewide.

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    3. Right, you are. I always thought it was a city law.

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    4. RESTRICTED MILITARY/GOVERNMENT/LAW ENFORCEMENT/EXPORT USE ONLYMarch 17, 2014 at 8:02 AM

      "Right, you are. I always thought it was a city law."

      Try telling that to the arresting officer WHEN he reads you "your rights" and throws your ass in the cell with Bubba, if you know what I mean......

      If you fail to comprehend gun laws (due to sheer ignorance or the typical lack of cognitive ability), then you probably have no business owning a firearm of any kind.

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    5. E.N., if absence makes the heart grow fonder, you should provide us more opportunities to think fondly of you.

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    6. So, nothing to do with the SAFE Act.

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    7. If an officer arrests me under the Sullivan act, I will try telling him/her that I am not in either New York City, or New York State, and that they are failing to comprehend that those laws don't apply where I am at, regardless of wther it is a local or state law. I think I'll win that debate.

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  2. Unless the gun had an 11-round or larger magazine, I don't see how the offensively misnamed "SAFE Act" would have had anything to do with this arrest.

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    1. RESTRICTED MILITARY/GOVERNMENT/LAW ENFORCEMENT/EXPORT USE ONLYMarch 17, 2014 at 5:52 AM

      The NY SAFE act codifies enhanced penalties for the use of a handgun in the commission of a violent crime. Contrary to your ignorance, it may indeed invoke certain provisions of the NY SAFE act.

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  3. Why don't all you people mind your own fucking business and don't worry about what other people do. There's a start.

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    1. That's brilliant. Too bad the easy access to guns didn't only affect those who own those guns.

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