CBS New York published an interview with Brooklyn native Dexter Taylor on Monday highlighting his case and showing the bodycam footage of the 2022 SWAT raid and subsequent arrest at his home. Taylor, a software engineer and gun hobbyist, was convicted in May for having built so-called “ghost guns” in his home.
Taylor is now serving a ten-year sentence at the Coxsackie Correctional Facility in New York for having possessed 13 unregistered firearms, including several AR-style rifles and pistols that he assembled at his home.
During the interview, Taylor argued that the state is infringing on his constitutional rights. The host asked whether he had a license to possess the firearms. “I still do have a license,” Taylor replied. “It’s called the Second Amendment.”
Taylor pointed out that the U.S. Constitution supersedes state regulations on firearms. “The law of the land…
