between this case here and the orange man's ongoing legal difficulties in nyc it certainly appears that kafka's ghost is in charge of new yorks legal system;

A Brooklyn father has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars after being convicted on firearms-related charges for assembling his own firearms using legal parts.

According to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, 53-year-old Dexter Taylor ordered "ghost gun" kits and parts from a variety of retailers online and had them shipped to his Bushwick home. Taylor, who did not have a gun license, spent around $40,000 obtaining the ghost gun parts and tools, which he then used to create his own firearms.

Officers found five handguns, four rifles, four AR-15 style assault weapons and multiple rounds of ammunition when they searched the data engineer’s apartment in an April 2022 raid. They also found a 3D printer, shell casings and gunpowder.

A jury found him guilty of five counts of criminal possession of a firearm, violating a prohibition on unfinished frames or receivers, unlawful possession of pistol ammunition, three counts of third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

Gonzalez praised the jury’s decision, saying: "Today’s sentence should send a message to anyone who, like this defendant, would try to evade critically important background checks and registration requirements to manufacture and stockpile these dangerous weapons. Every ghost gun we take off the street is a win for public safety."

Many people are outraged by Taylor’s sentence and believe it is politically motivated. FeniXAmmunition wrote on X: “Ten years in prison for something legally permissible in nearly every state, and something we've been doing in this country since before it was founded. Dexter Taylor is a political prisoner, nothing more. This has nothing to do with public safety, it's about intimidating gun owners and destroying firearms culture in America piece by piece.”.........more........