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   From: none@none.com   
      
   On 7/17/2014 2:37 AM, RL wrote:   
   >   
   > "Being Honest Messed Up My Life"   
   >   
   > By Nicki Kenyon, July 14th 2014   
   >   
   > JPFO writer contributor, © 2014.   
   >   
   > Recently, a young, single, law abiding mom from Pennsylvania made the   
   > mistake of driving into New Jersey, while carrying her legally purchased   
   > firearm. Shaneen Allen says she did not know that her legally-obtained   
   > concealed carry permit was not valid in New Jersey. She got the   
   > concealed carry permit (after filling out paperwork, passing a   
   > background check and getting mandatory training), because she wanted to   
   > keep herself and her children safe. She had gotten robbed several times,   
   > and this hard-working young lady, who works two jobs to support her   
   > family, now may be facing a mandatory three years in prison for   
   > accidentally crossing into New Jersey with her tool of self-defense.   
   >   
   > What? How could this be? Why?   
   >   
   > During a routine traffic stop, Allen did what she felt was the right   
   > thing to do. She told the officer that she was licensed and was carrying   
   > her firearm. And because she was honest...   
   >   
   > ...she now faces prison, charged with unlawful possession of a weapon   
   > and of hollow-point bullets which were in the gun - a second-degree   
   > felony in New Jersey, which holds a minimum sentence of three-years in   
   > prison.   
      
   "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free   
   State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be   
   infringed.   
      
   There is no exception for New Jersey.   
      
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