Trump’s Not the Only One; NYC Man Follows the Law, Convicted of Multiple Counts of Firearms Violations

Dexter Taylor, also known by his online pen name, Carbon Mike.

‘Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York.’

Move over, President Trump. You aren’t the only law-abiding citizen the Stalinist-friendly New York court system is gunning for. Meet Dexter Taylor of Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City. A computer programmer by trade, Taylor took-up amateur gunsmithing during the COVID scamdemic of 2020.

As reported by RedState.com, Taylor was quoted;

I found out that you can actually legally buy a receiver and you can machine that receiver to completion, and you buy your parts and you put them together and you’ve got a pistol or a rifle. And once I saw that I was hooked. I was like, ‘This is the coolest thing ever. This is the most cool thing you could possibly do in your machine shop.’

Nonetheless, a joint ATF-NYPD SWAT team kicked-in his front door as they raised his home. Taylor found himself in ‘cuffs and the target of a 37-count indictment. as reported by NBC New York.

Also reported by Red State, in spite of Taylor following the law, his lawyer, Vinoo Varghese, was told in court by Judge Abena Darkeh;

Judge Abena Darkeh.

The judge disrupted Varghese’s opening statement multiple times as he tried to set the stage for Taylor’s defense. Even further, she admonished the defense to refrain from mentioning the Second Amendment during the trial. Varghese told RedState:

She told us, ‘Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroom. It doesn’t exist here. So you can’t argue Second Amendment. This is New York.’

RedState.com also noted that the jury found Taylor guilty of the following;

  • Second-degree criminal possession of a loaded weapon
  • Four counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon
  • Five counts of criminal possession of a firearm
  • Second-degree criminal possession of five or more firearms
  • Unlawful possession of pistol ammunition
  • Violation of certificate of registration
  • Prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers

In a different RedState.com article, it was cited, “The Supreme Court’s ruling in New York Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen declared that the state’s gun licensing scheme was unconstitutional and also opened the door for a plethora of firearm restrictions to be challenged in court.”

In the meantime, Taylor’s family has set up a GiveSendGo campaign to help with his legal fees.

As seen in the video below, Taylor admits that he purchased all the weapons related items openly online using his personal credit card;