You can't fix stupid, but you can lock it up

Hartford felon who showed off loaded pistol while streaming on Facebook Live pleads guilty, feds say

(There’s no point to this posting, except that it amuses me to do so)

HARTFORD —  A Hartford man who officials say showed off a loaded pistol magazine while streaming on Facebook Live pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon Tuesday.

Jason Barber, 40, could face up to 15 years in prison in the case, acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Marc Silverman said in a news release Wednesday.

Silverman said law enforcement received information on March 2, 2022 that Barber was seated in a car and streaming, showing off a loaded pistol magazine.

Police located the vehicle parked on Barbour Street and followed Barber into a package store, Silverman said. Police approached him and found he had a Kahr Arms P45 handgun containing a magazine with five rounds of .45 caliber ammunition in his coat pocket, Silverman said.

Silverman said Barber's criminal history includes state felony convictions for firearm, robbery, drug and escape offenses, and it is a violation of federal law for a person who has been convicted of a felony offense to possess a firearm.

Once, leaving the court house after arraignment calendar, I complained to a colleague, “our clients are so f***ing dumb!”. “If they weren’t”, he pointed out, “we’d be out of business”.

Spot-on.