It's Not Just MA, Part ???

Got this in e-mail yesterday. It's a pretty chilling story, and it's a pretty effective rebuttal to the "it couldn't happen here" mindset that sometimes appears whenever a story about firearms in MA/NY/CA/NJ is aired.

Convicted Felon Doctor trusted over Law Abiding Veteran

Dr. Igal Staw plead guilty in Federal Court to felony federal health care fraud in 2007. He still practices medicine out of Norwalk, Connecticut. Somehow, a felony conviction is enough for you to lose your human right to possess and carry a firearm, but it is not enough to take away the trusted status of a medical doctor to practice medicine on the citizens of Connecticut.

Norwalk resident Duane Doutel was scheduled for a surgery for a painful and debilitating condition and needed tests to clear him for surgery. His doctor, Dr. Staw, performed the tests. When he neglected to forward the results of the test to Mr. Doutel’s surgeon as instructed on multiple occasions, Mr. Doutel got the feeling that this was not a good sign. When he researched Dr. Staw, he found out about his status as a convicted felon for criminal deception and he communicated his concern to Dr. Staw and the possible relation of this to his missing results.

Bottom line is that Doutel had medical tests performed, paid for said tests, and the results were not sent to the office of the surgeon who had requested them. Doutel then contacted the doctor who had performed the tests - and been paid for this service - who then called the police and reported Doutel as harassing him. For this second degree misdemeanor, Doutel had all of his firearms confiscated and is under a court order prohibiting him from owning firearms.

He has had his Second Amendment rights abridged for over a year for a second degree misdemeanor.

Looking into CT statues, the crime for which Doutel has been charged is a Class C Misdemeanor. Here's what a Class C Misdemeanor is:

Class C Misdemeanors are the least severe and include criminal mischief in the fourth degree, disorderly conduct, and larceny in the sixth degree. Those charged can serve up to three months in jail with up to five hundred dollars in fines.

Think about that. For over a year, his firearms have been out of his possession, he has been unable to own firearms, and he's been subject to court appearances and slander. Over the word of a convicted felon who received payment and still did not provide the services for which he was contracted. Bear in mind that Doutel has no criminal record, either; he's being deprived of his Constitutionally enumerated right to keep and bear arms over something that's in the same class as not paying a parking ticket.

And this is not in Massachusetts...

That is all.