Republican governor does for a black man what the NAACP won’t do

New Jersey has some draconian gun laws.

Sometimes cops there don’t use good judgement, either.

Such was the case when cops pulled over a licensed security guard.  He told the officer who he was and that his duty gun was secured in the glove box instead of the trunk as part of an oversight.

The cop took the gun for “safekeeping” and when Steffon Josie-Davis went to recover it at the local police station, they arrested him for concealed carry without a license, as carrying a gun in a glovebox is considered CCW in that state.  For that charge, he faced TEN YEARS in prison.

In most of New Jersey, nobody except the political nobility have carry licenses.

Mr. Josie-Davis was tried and convicted of a felony.  His lost his job and his dreams of becoming a cop were over.

Here’s his story in his words:

Hello, My name is Steffon Josey-Davis I’m a 24 year old from New Jersey who became a convicted felon for a legally owned firearm. As an armored Guard for Loomis, As a Armed service company who transported U.S & foreign currency to banks and service ATM’s. I was also on the road to a successful career with my township police department.

One Morning on September 20th 2013. I was preparing myself for work, grabbing my firearm out of my safe, bulletproof vest, Making my way to the garage. While in the process of disarming my firearm. My little sister came into the garage. To aviod any accidents, I put the firearm in the glove compartment moments after putting my bulletproof vest on the passanger seat. After securing my firearm, I took my sister upstairs to put her back in bed. Losing track of time, I noticed I was running late, grabbed my keys and continued to leave my house that morning for work. Not realizing my firearm was still in the glove compartment.

When I left out of the house that morning I was later pulled over in my vehicle. During my traffic stop, I notified the officers who I was, Who I worked for and I had my Legally owned firearm in my glove compartment.

The officers took my fire arm and let me go, When I went to claim my fire arm from the police department they arrested me and charged me with unlawful possession of a firearm I legally owned.

I was facing 10 years in prison for a simple technicality. I am now a convicted felon.

He recognized the conviction didn’t serve justice and sought help to get it overturned.

Josie-Davis started with the NAACP.

“Black lives matter,” they like to say at the NAACP.

Not in this case:

Here’s more from NRA News…

Not getting any satisfaction whatsoever from the NAALCP (That’s the National Association for the Advancement of LIBERAL Colored Persons), this young man appealed to the Governor for a pardon.

New Jersey’s Governor Chris Christie granted a full and complete pardon Monday morning.

Imagine that:  A white Republican doing for a black man what the NAALCP wouldn’t do.

If you think about it, it was a Republican who ended slavery.

It was Republicans who granted the newly freed slaves citizenship and the right to vote.

It was Republicans who started Howard University and Spelman College.

It was Republicans who passed the Civil Rights Acts over the years.

If you want more, it can be found here.