{"id":2880,"date":"2024-02-20T23:27:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2024-02-20T23:27:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T23:27:47","slug":"a-brave-new-yorker-needs-our-help-keeping-his-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=2880","title":{"rendered":"A Brave New Yorker Needs Our Help Keeping His Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor.webp\" data-caption=\"\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-696x391.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-696x391.webp 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-700x393.webp 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-150x84.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-747x420.webp 747w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor-560x315.webp 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Dexter-Tayor.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dexter Tayor\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dexter Taylor is the kind of guy most of us would hang out with. Not only is he hard-working and intelligent, working as a software engineer, but he chooses challenging hobbies. A while back, he got into building gun parts in his spare time, and was even considering going into business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found out that you can actually legally buy a receiver and you can machine that receiver to completion, and you buy your parts and you put them together and you\u2019ve got a pistol or a rifle,\u201d Taylor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffcharlesjr\/status\/1734740242144325854?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1734740242144325854%7Ctwgr%5Ef2edd887518b858fcc1f8f6d5f58959fba2ac083%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.redstate.com%2Fposts%3FtitlecategoryIdsubscriptiondatePublishedincludeBody%3DtruestatusauthorId%3D426029postIdrouteIdpageIndex%3D0pageSize%3D30postTypeId%3D1total%3D3800\">said in a podcast interview<\/a>. \u201cAnd once I saw that I was hooked. I was like, \u2018This is the coolest thing ever. This is the most cool thing you could possibly do in your machine shop.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, after enjoying his hobby with no issues for years, his sleep was interrupted by loud voices and noises. Agents of the state and federal governments had kicked in his front door in a no-knock raid. He then spent a week in jail at Rikers Island under charges for building \u201cghost guns.\u201d As part of a \u201c<em>Bruen<\/em> response\u201d bill, New York outlawed a slew of things, while also making it difficult to impossible to get a license.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor also happens to be black, and he thinks that the state\u2019s actions against him are a serious violation of his rights. \u201cNew York State has no more right to tell me that I may not keep and bear arms than it has to tell me I have to sit in the back of the bus,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/jeffc\/2023\/12\/15\/brooklyn-mans-gun-hobby-leads-to-a-swat-raid-and-a-legal-fight-for-his-freedom-n2167600\">he told RedState<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-gun judges tried to deny his claim, saying that he couldn\u2019t get standing because he didn\u2019t apply for a license, but his lawyer leveraged the low issue rates in the post-<em>Bruen<\/em> environment to show that the state\u2019s argument was both disingenuous and unconstitutional. So, he\u2019s got a decent shot at winning his case and staying free.<\/p>\n<p>But, getting there won\u2019t be cheap. There\u2019s a GiveSendGo fundraiser for his legal fees, with an aim of reaching $200,000. So far, he\u2019s only about $16,000 into it, so lots more help will be needed.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a whole lot more on the line here than just the freedom of one man. The RedState story mentions a number of other people whose cases aren\u2019t going as well. His case could be the breakthrough case that not only frees up people\u2019s ability to home brew firearms, but literally frees others who are rotting in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/21\/photos-inside-rikers-island-expose-hellish-deadly-conditions\/\">\u201chellish, deadly conditions\u201d at Rikers Island<\/a> for the great crime of possessing a gun.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/a-brave-new-yorker-needs-our-help-keeping-his-freedom\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Dexter Taylor is the kind of guy most of us would hang out with. 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