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Woman charged with providing firearms to Kansas plant gunman
Only 10 years? Should be life!
Woman charged with providing firearms to Kansas plant gunman
A 28-year-old woman was charged Friday with providing the firearms a gunman used to kill three people and wound several others in a shooting rampage in Kansas.
Sarah Hopkins, of Newton, Kan., was accused in federal court of knowingly transferring a firearm to a convicted felon, according to Fox4KC.A criminal complaint says Hopkins gave two weapons to Cedric Ford who was shot dead by a Hesston Police Chief Doug Schroeder during Thursday shootings at Excel Industries in Hesston, the station reported.
Federal law bars felons from possessing weapons. Prosecutors said Hopkins knew Ford was a felon.Federal prosecutors said the charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Re: Woman charged with providing firearms to Kansas plant gunman
On that matter we are in agreement.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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A follow up. She gave weapons to a person she knew was a felon and should not have them. Then he killed 3 people and hurt many others. She walks out of jail on a unsecured bond. Which means she did not have to pay any thing to be released. I bet she will not do any jail time!
Woman accused of giving guns to Hesston gunman released on bond
Sarah Hopkins released on bond
The woman charged with providing the guns used in the Hesston shootings bonds out of jail after making her first appearance in federal court.Prosecutors say Sarah Hopkins gave the shooter, Cedric Ford, the weapons and knew he was a felon.Hopkins officially heard the charges for the first time Monday afternoon in a federal courtroom. But she wasn't alone for the hearing."I just want to let her know that there's people out here who care about her and her situation," said Pastor Dave Froese, Koerner Heights Church, Newton.Froese was one of a couple dozen friends and family who showed up to support Sarah Hopkins.
They sat quietly as she was formally charged with giving guns to a felon, her ex-boyfriend, who shot seventeen people last week.The hearing was short. The judge made sure she knew her rights and understood the charges against her.Hopkins looked straight ahead throughout, answering his questions with basic 'Yes, sir's and 'No, sir's.
The prosecution didn't try to keep Hopkins in jail while she's waiting trial, so the judge set her bond at $10,000, unsecured. That means she didn't have to pay the money to walk out of court and go home. But she has to follow the rules or pay the money later.Those rules include not moving while this case is being prosecuted and showing up for all court dates. The prosecution also requested a special condition, that she hand over any other guns she may have to the ATF. Her lawyer says she doesn't have any others.Those who came to support Hopkins say she's devastated by what happened."She burst out in tears," Froese said about her reaction that night. "I mean she was.... she was heartbroken, too."In the affidavit, investigators say Hopkins admitted she knew Ford was a felon when she gave him the guns, that she did it because he threatened her.
Hopkins is due back in court on March 9th.
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Re: Woman charged with providing firearms to Kansas plant gunman
He threatened her or was she blinded by love? I dunno--if someone threatened me if I didn't buy them weapons I'd head for the nearest police station or sheriff's office.