BROOKLYN, New York (PNN) - October 30, 2025 - Dexter Taylor isn’t a warlord. He is not a gangster, a gunrunner or a killer. He is a software engineer from Brooklyn who likes to build things. Specifically, he liked building firearms at home - something that, despite years of fearmongering, is still legal in much of the country.
But not in New York.
For the “crime” of constructing unregistered firearms in his Bushwick apartment, Dexter Taylor is now serving ten years in prison. He harmed no one. He sold nothing. He committed no violence. His real offense? Daring to be self-sufficient in a State that demands dependency.
They called them “ghost guns,” of course. Because when you are out of real arguments, slapping a scary name on a piece of plastic is a great way to terrify the public into compliance. Taylor had a collection of firearm parts, kits and unfinished receivers - entirely victimless hardware that Big Brother finds intolerable; so they came down on him like he was El Chapo with a printer.
On April 6, 2022, NYPD’s “Field Intelligence Team” raided his apartment, seizing parts for AR-15-style rifles, handguns and ammunition. There was no evidence that he ever used them. No sale records. No threat. Just a guy with a 3D printer, a workbench and too much independence for the comfort of the State.
In May 2024, Taylor was convicted on 11 counts related to criminal weapons possession. His sentence? Ten years. That is longer than many violent criminals ever see - including child rapists.
Let us put that in perspective.
In the same state that locked Taylor away for a hobby, violent criminals and predators routinely walk free. According to a Fox5 NY investigation, New York City judges release defendants charged with serious violent crimes 85% of the time. That includes assaults, rapes and homicides. One man was released after sexually abusing five victims, including children. Another flung feces at a woman on the subway; he received probation. Meanwhile, Dexter Taylor built a gun - not used, not fired, not sold - and got a decade behind bars.
But hey, he didn't ask permission; and that is the point.
The State doesn’t punish danger. It punishes defiance. You can shatter someone’s skull and get supervised release but build an AR at home and suddenly you are the Grim Reaper of Bushwick. Taylor’s real crime wasn’t endangering society - it was building something the State couldn’t track, license or control.
“The law of the land is clear,” Taylor said in court. “I’d like to have my conviction reversed.” His lawyer, Vinoo Varghese, said it best. “People convicted of manslaughter or molesting children are going to get out earlier than Dexter Taylor.”
None of that matters to the machine because the machine doesn't fear chaos. It fears independence. It fears a citizen who doesn’t rely on the terrorist pig thug cops to protect him. It fears someone who doesn’t wait for permission slips to exercise rights. Most of all, it fears a population that is well-armed and well aware of their rights.
That is why it calls them ghost guns - because if it told you the truth, you would see through the farce.
The Second Amendment doesn’t end at the gun store. It doesn’t say, “shall not be infringed, unless the parts are shipped in a box and don’t have a serial number.” But in States like New York, that clause is treated like a relic - something to be ignored if not openly mocked. According to Varghese, one judge even told Taylor, “The Second Amendment doesn’t exist in my courtroom.”
That line should chill anyone still clinging to the illusion that constitutional protections apply equally across state lines.
Dexter Taylor didn’t hurt anyone. He didn’t threaten anyone; but now he is behind bars while rapists and abusers roam free. That is not justice - it is a message, and the message is clear: the State fears people it cannot control.
That is because a self-reliant, well-armed citizen doesn’t need the State, and that is what truly terrifies the government.