A convicted felon in Michigan was caught with 39 firearms and a stash of methamphetamine, proving exactly what law-abiding Americans already know: gun laws only disarm the innocent while the system lets repeat offenders arm themselves at will.
Michigan State Police arrested the Garden Township man on June 25 after confirming he was a prohibited person in possession of an arsenal. While M Live reported the straightforward facts of the bust, the broader implication is the systemic failure to keep dangerous offenders off the streets. No background check stops a criminal who simply ignores the law.
According to M Live, the MSP Manistique Outpost learned the convicted felon had firearms. When troopers caught up with him in the Gladstone area, a search of his vehicle turned up a pneumatic gun, a foot-and-a-half-long double-edged sword, hydrocodone pills, and ammunition. A simultaneous raid on his Garden Township residence uncovered the real haul: 39 firearms, including rifles, shotguns, and handguns, plus a massive cache of ammunition, drug paraphernalia, and meth.
The suspect now faces a laundry list of charges—possession of meth, possession of analogues, three counts of weapons-firearms possession by a prohibited person, two counts of weapon-firearms ammunition possession by a prohibited person, and carrying a concealed weapon. His bond was set at a mere $25,000 cash/surety, and he heads back to court July 9. A prohibited person builds an illegal armory, and the system lets him walk on $25,000.
The justice system's failure to deter criminal behavior isn't limited to Michigan. Out in California, CBS News reports that a driver intentionally steered his white Toyota Corolla into a skateboarder in Palmdale, sending the victim to the hospital in critical condition. Deputies say surveillance footage showed the driver crossing into opposing lanes at a high rate of speed with no apparent attempt to brake. He used his car as a targeted, deadly weapon and is now charged with attempted murder.
Whether it's a felon stockpiling 39 guns in Michigan or a driver using a vehicle as a murder weapon in California, the pattern is the same. Criminals do not obey gun laws, vehicle laws, or any other restrictions the establishment tries to impose on the public. The laws only burden the working American who follows them.
How many more illegal arsenals are sitting in the homes of prohibited persons while lawmakers demand more restrictions on the citizens who actually follow the rules?
