T.i Arrest Update!

[super_glue]

"They shootin rappers nowadays it ain't about the music, or who be the coolest. You better get you a gun. They know where you hang. They know where you live. You know what it is. You better get you a gun".-Willie The Kid

His bodyguard snitched. And he's a felon.
He's rich. And the Alphabet Boys are always lookin to break down a well established nigga that's in the spotlight.

 

[juanbogo75]

Rapper T.I. Arrested Before Awards Show


ATLANTA - Grammy-winning rapper T.I. was arrested Saturday _ just hours before he was to take the stage at the BET Hip-Hop Awards _ after federal officials said he had paid his bodyguard to buy machine guns and silencers for him.

The arrest resulted from an investigation that began this month when a federal firearms licensee contacted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives about a man inquiring about buying a machine gun without registering the weapon as required by law, according to a criminal complaint filed Saturday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

After trying to buy several machine guns from an undercover ATF agent, the unnamed person began cooperating with the government and said he was buying the machine guns and silencers for Clifford Harris, T.I.'s given name, the complaint said. According to the bodyguard, he had bought about nine firearms for T.I., and the rapper had given him cash to buy guns four different times, it said.

Harris brokered the deals through the bodyguard because he is a convicted felon, the complaint alleged. It is against federal law for a convicted felon to have another person get firearms on their behalf.

The 27-year-old rapper had arranged to pick up the weapons just hours before he was to take the stage at the Hip-Hop Awards, being taped blocks away, according to the complaint.

Sydney Margetson, a spokesman for T.I.'s label, Atlantic Records, declined to comment Saturday.

As the Hip-Hop Awards were being taped in Atlanta on Saturday night, federal authorities were searching T.I.'s home in East Point, about 15 miles southwest of the city.

Half a dozen agents were still searching well into the night, removing boxes and envelopes from the large, red brick house with white columns and ornate glass windows, removing boxes and envelopes.

T.I. had been expected to perform at the BET show, which is to be broadcast Wednesday, and was nominated in nine categories. Instead, the rapper was noticeably absent from red carpet festivities before the show began at 6 p.m., though he was at the center where the show was to be taped.

Saturday was supposed to be a day of revelry for T.I., the co-chief executive of Grand Hustle Records. The self-proclaimed "King of the South" won three awards at last year's inaugural BET Hip-Hop Awards and received nine nominations this year, including CD of the Year, Lyricist of the Year and MVP of the Year.

The rapper's sixth album, "T.I. vs. T.I.P.," was released July 3 and debuted at No. 1.

In May 2006, T.I.'s best friend, Philant Johnson, was killed and three others were injured in a gun shootout after a post-performance party in Cincinnati. The killer remains at large, and T.I. was briefly locked up a few days after the funeral on suspicion of failing to perform community service stemming from a 2003 arrest.

T.I. grew up in Atlanta and was selling crack by the time he was a teenager. After years of hustling to launch his rap career, recording demos and flying back and forth to New York shopping for a record deal, his first taste of success came with his 2003 album, "Trap Muzik."

But the next year, warrants were issued for his arrest on probation violations for a drug conviction, and he was sentenced to three years behind bars. It wasn't clear Saturday how much of the sentence he actually served.

T.I. hit the big screen in his debut movie, "ATL," in March 2006. He has a role opposite Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe in "American Gangster," set for release Nov. 2.

T.I. also appeared in a commercial for Chevrolet in which he rapped and raced alongside NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. He has also won two Grammy Awards.

 

[Khandi]

So who's the victim here?

His 5 kids are the victims. I feel for them.

 

[Profit]

Well... he knew it could be coming. Even said so in the Top Back Remix

Ok my money real big, choppers is still hid
They catch me wit it
fuck it i'm doin my lil bid

Hope the bid is as little as thought it'd be.

 

[keone]

it was not t.i it was t.i.p ti is innocent i hope the judge sees that

 

[whezzy300]

damn tip

 

[KhowYunFat]

You can't stand on the fence, either you in or your out. I have a lot or respect for Hova as well for recognizing you have to let that "Keeping it Real" shit go. From what I know about T.I. it seems him and most of his associates are convicted felons. And in my opinion T.I. is probaly not surprised about this happening to him.


I bet you niggas thinking that I living it up
'Til you see polices laughing as they picking me up
Went from seeing how many bitches I can fit in the truck
To 3 hots and a cot is you kidding or what fuck how
Many millions I got nigga so what if I'm hot when I got prices on my head
Feds rushing my spot a million
Haters want me dead force to carry me gat
But you a seven time felon what you doing with that
It's a catch
22 either you lose or lose
That's the way the game structured for real niggas to suffer
And I ain't never
Been a busta alway stood on my feet
Like a man prepared to take what ever coming for me
A pussy nigga
Or polices with a warrant for me
I'm a "G" prepared to die for what's important to me
Look anybody in the
Eye who say they want it with me
Put up the house and bet the odds if coming from me
OG's say I need to
Learn and be patient
You telling me with these seven years of probation
Pistol charges and a host of
Other open cases
If niggas only knew the kind of time I was facing
I tried to keep to myself but
Sometime I couldn't take it
Got 4 kids with smiles on they faces
Mean more to me than my crown and my bracelet
Take that away from me and my life is butt naked

"Live In The Sky" T.I.

I know niggas dont read but this is the realest shit in this thread its like he answering all ya'll dumb ass questions. Until you in another man shoes stop assuming you know the "smart" thing to do, some of yall never been in the situation of knowing ppl want you dead and the postition of i gotta get them fore they get me. Im not saying he was in that situation but until TI speaks i got this verse to read between the lines.

Aside from that i always see TI trying to do positive things even when he first came out he was on radio up here in the tri state and they was trying to talke about his arrest and he was downplaying it saying while the coons on the radio was saying yeah but you get street cred for that. TI is a real nigga from what i see and i feel for him.

 

[once]

It aint over yet, the bodyguard bought guns for other people in T.I.'s crew and there probably are a bunch of felons in that group too. Fully automatic too?

Damn dude, gonna rot in prison.

the bodyguard cut a deal and wont see a bit a time, but he mught not make it to court cuz the news papers all but said his name, it's easy to figure out who he is, and those other felonious cats he sold too will do there best to make sure he dont speak their name

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

Not Supposed to own ANY firearm if you are a Convicted Felon....... No doubt a law to protect Law Enforcement........He has to pay the price guys.......

 

[Complex]

it was not t.i it was t.i.p ti is innocent i hope the judge sees that

 

[djkidrich]

Another Dumb Nigga' Moment,.....

 

[super_glue]

Gucci Mane

I was gonna say Gucci Mane too....

 

[Complex]

I see the same response over and over in this thread "If your a millionaire why do u need a mchine gun?"
Why don't ya'll ask eddy curry,antoine walker and that dude that plays for the texans why u need guns when you rich.

Or just ask jam master jay somebody who never promoted violence and still got his wig split.

Then you get a shotgun

 

[JAMES BONDAGE]

Elementary: If you have his musical status and you feel that you are not safe, move to a more secure neighborhood (anywhere in the world) where you won't need guns and weapons to survive. As someone said in an earlier post if you like guns, acquire them the legal way. If you are not suppose to have guns and like them, leave them alone.

Why hangout in where you dont feel safe playing around with automatic weapons acquiring them illegally. In life there is a right and a wrong way of doing things. If you decide to do things the wrong way then you have to pay the price.

No regrets or sympathy for this stupid little piece of shit. How many of us would love to get their hands on his status and make a decent life for our kids and family and time after times these bastards let such a dream slip away to STUPIDITY!.

*If someone wants you dead, neither the law nor the best gun in the world is going to save your life....

OUT!!!

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

Elementary: If you have his musical status and you feel that you are not safe, move to a more secure neighborhood (anywhere in the world) where you won't need guns and weapons to survive. As someone said in an earlier post if you like guns, acquire them the legal way. If you are not suppose to have guns and like them, leave them alone.

Why hangout in where you dont feel safe playing around with automatic weapons acquiring them illegally. In life there is a right and a wrong way of doing things. If you decide to do things the wrong way then you have to pay the price.

No regrets or sympathy for this stupid little piece of shit. How many of us would love to get their hands on his status and make a decent life for our kids and family and time after times these bastards let such a dream slip away to STUPIDITY!.

*If someone wants you dead, neither the law nor the best gun in the world is going to save your life....

OUT!!!

I agree.......... I understand that TI has a fanbase he has to keep some credibility with, all the same , there are licensed bodyguards, and undercover, and off duty policemen, retired military or police officers who would be willing to provide protection for him if needed ...... He would not even have to pay them that much...... Just another situation of "When Keeping it Real goes wrong" after his probation he could petition to become licensed to own a firearm....... Why oh why don't some of my people dont want to do whats right?

 

[H.E.A.T.]

So you think it was a GOOD thing for T.I. to possess illegal (and ridiculously destructive) guns? Shouldn't you be happy those guns are not on the street, killing black people?

I'm upset that those guns aren't in my closet. Seems like the only mafuckas dat sell shit like dat is all agents these days.

 

[WRongKind1]

I don't hate on LAW ABIDING, UPSTANDING, MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY!

Low-Life, Criminal-ass, scumbag, Thug-ass, ghetto Niggas; I have no sympathy for; I VIEW THEM AS ANIMALS THAT NEED TO BE CAGED SO THE REST OF BLACK AMERICA CAN LIVE FREE AND BE SAFE WHILE DOING SO!

RAISE YOUR MUTHAFUCKIN STANDARDS!

LOW-LIFE, GHETTO-ASS, THUG-DEFENDING, PUNK-ASS, BITCH-MADE, WUSS-ASS NIGGA!

FUCK YOU!

Standards.... You the same BITCH ASS NIGGA always talking about a black person when something bad happens to them. You ain't got nothing good to say ablut a black person. Now I'm going to keep it real, if I"m a aniamal, then the white man made me an animal. But you always talking about black people.

 

[drbombae]

Shouldn't nobody in this thread look to blame anybody but dumb ass T.I. Did he not know he was a convected felon? Did he not know that convicted felons can't own firearms? I'm waiting to hear where they didn't find a gun in this rich coon's house cause it seems like everywhere they looked, they found guns. Watch how they erase his ass from mainstream media. Watch how they eliminate him from the American Gangsta promotion.

 

[THE DRIZZY]

This puts "trap muzic" in a whole new perspective.

 

[mozartte]

His 5 kids are the victims. I feel for them.

You said a mouthful. He will at least do 5 years, plus time for those silencers.He might have silenced his career.

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I dont understand it either MihandleNE

 

[Grea818]

All I have to say is as far as the bodyguard stuff goes I would never put my trust in some other mans Life. bodyguard is there just to take the first bullet.

Now If my best friend just got shoot in the streets and I have a clue as to why. You bet I'm going to lock and load up. Cause it take 5 0 20mins to get to the hood.

The only thing wrong T.I. did is hire a pussy ass bodyguard. Hope he move his fam out of town. Cause someone will be shoot in the next few months If T.I. that real street dude he say he is.

 

[PLASMA CANNON]

Damn Man It Seems Like We Got A Lot Of Haters On This Board...damn Yall Act Like You've Never Done Shit Wrong.. I Mean Hell Niggas Iz On Bgol ...shit This Is Bootleg Central...lol But Niggas Always Quick 2 Judge And Really Seem Happy When A Nigga Fuck Up...

Shit Is Sad.. Yea I Agree He Should Have Known Better...but Damn All These Niggas Running Around Talking About The Law Is The Law... This And That... But Downloading Shit Left And Right... I SMELL BS.. but Hey What Do I Know



IT'S 1 THING 2 SAY SHIT IZ WRONG BUT THAT IM 2 MORAL TO DO THIS OR THAT IS FUNNY ON A FUCKIN PORN BOARD

 

[Mr. Equator]

I don't think you boyz understand the level of corruption that is going on throughout each ABC Agency of the FedGov. under the Bush Admin. I wouldn't be surprised if the ABC Boys didn't have a team of goons threatening TI to provoke him to buy the weapons......


These mofos are smart and are very competent in trickery and misinformation and just cause somebody is a convicted felon doesn't mean they should lose the right to protect themselves for the rest of their life.......crackas throw out a rule/law and house ninjas just follow right behind it as if "Master" said it so it is set in stone....then these same lame ass ninja want to call every other ninja a coon for not falling for the bullshit that is going down in America at the moment......



What the fuck you gone do if some shit pop off and you ain't got no access to no major fire power BLACK PEOPLE?????????? Of couse these crackas don't want to see ninjas with no heavy weapons......

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

^^^^^^^^ If someone wants you that bad you probably cant stop them anyway..... y'all killing me with this street thug mentality...... Yall watch movies like Belly and Cradle to the Grave and think that all Rap Artists are crack shots.....

 

[PLASMA CANNON]

I don't think you boyz understand the level of corruption that is going on throughout each ABC Agency of the FedGov. under the Bush Admin. I wouldn't be surprised if the ABC Boys didn't have a team of goons threatening TI to provoke him to buy the weapons......


These mofos are smart and avery competent in trickery and misinformation and just cause somebody is a convicted felon doesn't mean they should lose the right to protect themselves for the rest of their life.......crackas throw out a rule/law and house ninjas just follow right behind it as if "Master" said it so it is set in stone....then these same lame ass ninja want to call every other ninja a coon for not falling for the bullshit that is going down in America at the moment......



What the fuck you gone do if some shit pop off and you ain't got no access to no major fire power BLACK PEOPLE?????????? Of couse these crackas don't want to see ninjas with no heavy weapons......

INDEED

 

[AtlSportsFan]

I don't think you boyz understand the level of corruption that is going on throughout each ABC Agency of the FedGov. under the Bush Admin. I wouldn't be surprised if the ABC Boys didn't have a team of goons threatening TI to provoke him to buy the weapons......


These mofos are smart and avery competent in trickery and misinformation and just cause somebody is a convicted felon doesn't mean they should lose the right to protect themselves for the rest of their life.......crackas throw out a rule/law and house ninjas just follow right behind it as if "Master" said it so it is set in stone....then these same lame ass ninja want to call every other ninja a coon for not falling for the bullshit that is going down in America at the moment......



What the fuck you gone do if some shit pop off and you ain't got no access to no major fire power BLACK PEOPLE?????????? Of couse these crackas don't want to see ninjas with no heavy weapons......

If a Ninja wanna carry HEAVY WEAPONS...........

Then he needs to NOT COMMIT ANY FUCKING FELONIES!

Crackas ain't doing shit to brothas with CLEAN RECORDS that want to OWN WEAPONS LEGALLY!

 

[Mr. Equator]

Damn Man It Seems Like We Got A Lot Of Haters On This Board...damn Yall Act Like You've Never Done Shit Wrong.. I Mean Hell Niggas Iz On Bgol ...shit This Is Bootleg Central...lol But Niggas Always Quick 2 Judge And Really Seem Happy When A Nigga Fuck Up...

Shit Is Sad.. Yea I Agree He Should Have Known Better...but Damn All These Niggas Running Around Talking About The Law Is The Law... This And That... But Downloading Shit Left And Right... I SMELL BS.. but Hey What Do I Know



IT'S 1 THING 2 SAY SHIT IZ WRONG BUT THAT IM 2 MORAL TO DO THIS OR THAT IS FUNNY ON A FUCKIN PORN BOARD

Either these dudes is white boys or they some want to be bel-aire type negros that like to throw out whiteys terms like coon at every angle......I notice a majority of these ninjas need a swift kick in the ass from a real ninja cause I have never seen black men hate on another black man this much......I'm talkin bout you got ******s on here that are not even aware of there ******ness trying to act all uppity upholding yt laws as if that shit is set it stoen bruh.......



For every ninja that has called another Blackman a "coon" on bgol I hope you get a broom stick shoved up your ass before you life is over.......bitch ass ninjas......

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

just cause somebody is a convicted felon doesn't mean they should lose the right to protect themselves for the rest of their life.......crackas throw out a rule/law and house ninjas just follow right behind it as if "Master" said it so it is set in stone....then these same lame ass ninja want to call every other ninja a coon for not falling for the bullshit that is going down in America at the moment......Yeah those cats cant vote either, both constitutional rights supposedly



What the fuck you gone do if some shit pop off and you ain't got no access to no major fire power BLACK PEOPLE?????????? Of couse these crackas don't want to see ninjas with no heavy weapons......[/QUOTE]

yep crackas got gun shows where they buy weapons and they pass shit down generation to generation. They get us thinking guns are bad but the NRA is one of the biggest lobbies in washington. most Presidential candidates usually become members to gain favor..Plus Blackwater which is a private mercenary firm already did a bid in N.O. and they got military type shit and they are owned by a rightwing christian conservative cracka, so you know who side they are on.

 

[Complex]

If a Ninja wanna carry HEAVY WEAPONS...........

Then he needs to NOT COMMIT ANY FUCKING FELONIES!

Crackas ain't doing shit to brothas with CLEAN RECORDS that want to OWN WEAPONS LEGALLY!

Are you a female, gay or a huge fan of prince

 

[AtlSportsFan]

^^^^^^^^ If someone wants you that bad you probably cant stop them anyway..... y'all killing me with this street thug mentality...... Yall watch movies like Belly and Cradle to the Grave and think that all Rap Artists are crack shots.....

These stupid ass NIGGAS live vicariously thru movies like "Menace to Society" and Rap Videos, and then try to justify WHY IT IS OK to risk your FUCKING FREEDOM to have guns when you KNOW YOU ARE A FELON AND CANNOT HAVE GUNS!

Lots of stupid muthafuckas here on BGOL!

As stupid as these CLOWNS ARE; I wonder if they really face any racism at all; OR ; if they just get "caught up" paying for their stupid ass decisions, and then blame RACISM when they don't like or CANNOT HANDLE THE CONSEQUENCES!

Reading some of the DAMN FOOLS POSTINGS; I can see why the PRISON SYSTEM is full of young BLACK MEN!

How in the fuck did MY PEOPLE GET TO BE SO DAMN STUPID?

 

[AtlSportsFan]

All I have to say is as far as the bodyguard stuff goes I would never put my trust in some other mans Life. bodyguard is there just to take the first bullet.

Now If my best friend just got shoot in the streets and I have a clue as to why. You bet I'm going to lock and load up. Cause it take 5 0 20mins to get to the hood.

The only thing wrong T.I. did is hire a pussy ass bodyguard. Hope he move his fam out of town. Cause someone will be shoot in the next few months If T.I. that real street dude he say he is.

Sorry my young stupid ass Brotha!

The only thing he did wrong WAS RISK HIS FREEDOM BY VIOLATING HIS PROBATION/PAROLE over some dumb shit!

He KNEW he couldn't possess GUNS; WHY RISK IT WHEN YOU ARE A FUCKING MILLIONAIRE?

 

[Mr. Equator]

These stupid ass NIGGAS live vicariously thru movies like "Menace to Society" and Rap Videos, and then try to justify WHY IT IS OK to risk your FUCKING FREEDOM to have guns when you KNOW YOU ARE A FELON AND CANNOT HAVE GUNS!

Lots of stupid muthafuckas here on BGOL!

As stupid as these CLOWNS ARE; I wonder if they really face any racism at all; OR ; if they just get "caught up" paying for their stupid ass decisions, and then blame RACISM when they don't like or CANNOT HANDLE THE CONSEQUENCES!

Reading some of the DAMN FOOLS POSTINGS; I can see why the PRISON SYSTEM is full of young BLACK MEN!

How in the fuck did MY PEOPLE GET TO BE SO DAMN STUPID?

YT/Master/The Supreme Law is gonna protect you, HUH....

Damn man I feel sorry for you lame ass ninjas with no type of hood presence or mentality I'm not talking ghetto shit here.

I'm talking bout the real ninja blues down for the cause hide from the laws and ain't afraid.




Scarface - Real Nigga Blues lyrics

Artist: Scarface
Album: Balls And My Word
Year: 2003
Title: Real Nigga Blues Print
Correct
Get Real Nigga Blues ringtone on your mobile!

Damn, its hard being a real nigga
Clutching on steal triggers
Pouring kool-aid on hilfigers
For niggaz I cut for
Pull a hoe out my truck for
Take a bullet to my gut for
Shoot up your cuz for
And nigga you askin' me what for?
'cuz this check I wrote until death won't bounce
'cuz to quit is to care and excuses don't count

Yeah, the real nigga blues

Short sticks and long brooms
Two feet planted whether it be the tomb or the courtroom
Bullet wounds in my flesh
Powder burns I digest
On the front line I press
Until in peace I may rest
For battles I can't win
With stripes I must defend
Done been to the pen, behind friends
And I still can't turn my flags in
When you break weak I got to stand strong
I strive to go hard while you strive to go home
These checks I write are required day and night
For better or worse, ups and downs
Or just plain old fist fights
Packin' all the weight
Puttin' in work from birth
Running myself in the dirt
And you askin' me why my back hurt?
Even when your dad tried to give me some fish
I eighty-sixed that shit
Pulled your coat but you was scared to dismiss that bitch
But I guess you got to be one of me or walk in my shoes
Or drink from the cup that I drink to feel my blues

Yeah, the real nigga blues

I can't bend, brake, front, fraud, fold or get hacked
Its like I'm married to this game and my team looses if I get sacked
Turning down licks on niggaz I know ain't got no heart
Arguing with my baby momma because shes convinces you'z a mark
My word is my bond, my life is my son
My duece is my gun, and my fear is to have none
'cuz I refuse to run
And for my honor I'd die, and for my mother I'd lie
My heart done got hard
I still show regards, call out to the Lord
But it seems like I can't cry
So when bullets fly...
Yeah, its my fault
Locked in with no way out
Fuck some clout, this is what I'm about
Even if I am the only one to get caught
It ain't in me to back down
Thats like laying my gat down
Nigga I ride for the cause, and I hide from the laws
And I ain't scared to get ragged on
And for my crown... yeah
Caps gonn peal
I ain't no threat, nigga but I will kill
And to all my partners up under them hills
Y'all know how it feels and thats real

Yeah, dig these blues
The real nigga blues

Dig this
My partners hit a lick for two and a half bricks
And since I'm the cornerstone of the clique
They came to me when the shit got thick
I took in all their evidence and made it mine
Not realizing that while they were ballin'
I'd be doing time
All they had to do was push the witness out of existence
And I would've walked because the case was inconsistent
But insted they got caught up in the joys
Of the fruit from the hussle
Said fuck me, let the witness live
And I got twenty five years
All 'cuz I kept it real
A mark would've squeeled
But insted I chilled, put it on the pill
But got ?chofferred in? a deal
See I respect the code of the streets
The code of the ?jeeks?
But when they gave it to me they said 'Fuck the police'
We'll never help these hoes solve a case
Now tears in my sons face
Because his daddy is out of place
With no trace of my peers
Missing my little nigga younger years
All because I kept it real
Regrets?
Sometimes have some
I'ma walk when me time come
It wasnt my prints on the gun
In yo' eyes, you'z a real nigga
So what you would've done?
Stand strong?
I'm not surprised
I was in the county camoflauging my cries
Squabbling niggaz twice my size
For mistaking tears for fears in my eyes
But I ain't ask to be real
I was born like this
Sacrificing my fo' sho's for your maybes
Got me scorned like this
Tattered and torn like this
But my roots won't pluck
I'm the only reason your tooth won't buck
But is my authenticy worth the price I be paying?
All the shit I've been through
Nigga, do it look like I'm playing?
I'ma be down 'til I get laid down
All the ex-real niggaz would've still be real
Only if they would've stayed down
But these my blues
I just spread the news to who I choose
A tale of a real nigga
Can you dig his blues?

Yeah, the real nigga blues
And all I got are my balls and my word
Yeah, my balls and my word

 

[HandsSolo2K5]

And u kill me with this obey and respect the law mentality when the law dosen't even see u as a human. ASK HIM.Oh my bad you can't he's dead.

Oh my bad you can't he's dead.

And there is the fundamental issue....... The law is there to keep the peace and to keep innocent people and law enforcement out of harms way. I am not going to elaborate on this too much because T.I. proved that he was intelligent when he was on BET a couple of days ago, but he doesnt take responsibility for himself and he displaces his intelligence.

Why do you get ticketed for not fully stopping at a stop sign?
Why do you receive a speeding ticket driving 70 in a 45 mph zone?
Why do you get arrested for automatic weapons being in your possession or in your vehicle?

Because you are ignoring your civic responsibility to other people.......It sounds like a bunch of bullshit but CONVICTED FELONS CANNOT CARRY FIREARMS, ONE THEY ARE CONSTRUED A THREAT TO PEACE OFFICERS WHO MAY WANT TO MAKE A FUTURE ARREST ....... T.I. with his influence could have went towards legislation, his local officials, and have written several letters to media to cause more of an awareness to his situation, and other Hip Hop moguls but AGAIN, Him not being proactive hurts his credibility..... But if someone really wants to kill you, you having an automatic weapon AT HOME is not going to help you, it will just protect you at home. Stop defending Poor Logic and decision making..........I will try to read up on this as it progresses....but I'm beginning to believe that many brothas get caught up because they refuse to follow directions or have a poor concept of the law...... When YOU ARE ORDERED NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU CANT DO IT! AND FORTUNATELY/UNFORTUNATELY the laws ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE, IN FACT, WITH MORE PRISONS BEING BUILT AND EDUCATION SYSTEM IN TURMOIL IT MAY GET MORE STRINGENT..... so guess who has to change?

 

[Mr. Equator]

And there is the fundamental issue....... The law is there to keep the peace and to keep innocent people and law enforcement out of harms way. I am not going to elaborate on this too much because T.I. proved that he was intelligent when he was on BET a couple of days ago, but he doesnt take responsibility for himself and he displaces his intelligence.

Why do you get ticketed for not fully stopping at a stop sign?
Why do you receive a speeding ticket driving 70 in a 45 mph zone?
Why do you get arrested for automatic weapons being in your possession or in your vehicle?

Because you are ignoring your civic responsibility to other people.......It sounds like a bunch of bullshit but CONVICTED FELONS CANNOT CARRY FIREARMS, ONE THEY ARE CONSTRUED A THREAT TO PEACE OFFICERS WHO MAY WANT TO MAKE A FUTURE ARREST ....... T.I. with his influence could have went towards legislation, his local officials, and have written several letters to media to cause more of an awareness to his situation, and other Hip Hop moguls but AGAIN, Him not being proactive hurts his credibility..... But if someone really wants to kill you, you having an automatic weapon AT HOME is not going to help you, it will just protect you at home. Stop defending Poor Logic and decision making..........I will try to read up on this as it progresses....but I'm beginning to believe that many brothas get caught up because they refuse to follow directions or have a poor concept of the law...... When YOU ARE ORDERED NOT TO DO SOMETHING YOU CANT DO IT! AND FORTUNATELY/UNFORTUNATELY the laws ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE, IN FACT, WITH MORE PRISONS BEING BUILT AND EDUCATION SYSTEM IN TURMOIL IT MAY GET MORE STRINGENT..... so guess who has to change?

I can respect that. But every situation is different and perhaps he couldn't wait for legislation. Perhaps TI had a credible terrorist threat.