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Unsafe storage I'll bet. It's their very favorite anti-gunowner charge.What did they charge you with?
NEVER report a gun stolen from a vehicle.Say you get a firearm stolen out of a vehicle
You report it.
Now they (police, judge, DA, etc) do not know where it was stolen from in the vehicle.
Thing could have been inside a locked safe that happened to be inside the glove box or in a safe under a seat.
Cases like this is where you need to know the law because a "normal" person might think it is legal to store a firearm in a locked glovebox in MA and slip up while reporting it.
Ok retardWho the fucck keeps their gun in the glove compartment? Probably a Crocs wearer. If so, throw the book at him.
They do not want you to go to jail.Your property is stolen and you go to jail. Makes sense...
I’ve never ever used it ever for gloves.Who the fucck keeps their gun in the glove compartment? Probably a Crocs wearer. If so, throw the book at him.
Actually is a friend - I never leave my guns in the carWhat did they charge you with?
That is what I told him - stupid mistake but is going to be costly - trying to help find him a good 2A lawyerThey do not want you to go to jail.
They want to take your rights away from you. Permanently.
And extract as much of your savings as possible in the process.They do not want you to go to jail.
They want to take your rights away from you. Permanently.
I agree - sadly a dumb mistake is going to cost him - just trying to help out a dumbass friendWho the fucck keeps their gun in the glove compartment? Probably a Crocs wearer. If so, throw the book at him.
nothing - charging him with unlawful storageWhat did they charge you with?
thank you@nstassel is always my recommendation for a 2a attorney
Thank you
This plus a billion. Even if they attempt to charge, it puts the onus on the state to prove that it wasn't secured.NEVER report a gun stolen from a vehicle.
Report a trigger lock or locked gun case (in the case of high cap rifle stolen from a vehicle) as stolen and mention there was a gun attached or enclosed therein. It is harder to credibly add "Oh yea, there was a trigger lock on the gun" ex post facto after attorney advice than to just get it in the initial report. Although traditional wisdom is STFU, if you are going to report a gun stolen it is good to have the fact that it was properly legally secured in the initial police report. In many cases, the cops will think "oh shit, no storage charge" (one cop I know described a case where he wanted to take someone's guns and he was disappointed to see the rifles in plain sight all had trigger locks and could not seize them)
I keep a trigger lock in various locations where I might find it convenient to leave a gun (kitchen, car, range bag, etc.)
When I bought my truck, the salesman pointed out a lockable storage compartment under the center of the front seat, and said " And this compartment meets the Mass secure firearm storage requirements"Actually is a friend - I never leave my guns in the car
People who have a gun "just in case I go somewhere I might need it".Who the fucck keeps their gun in the glove compartment? Probably a Crocs wearer. If so, throw the book at him.
People who have a gun "just in case I go somewhere I might need it".
*sigh*
If you might need a gun there, don't go there. If you can't avoid going there, don't take a pistol in the glove box. Take a rifle or shotgun, and friends with rifles or shotguns.
And never leave a handgun in the vehicle. If you must, keep it in a safe that is cabled to a permanent attachment point.
We don’t always know where “there” is going to be. Sometimes “there” is a place that you’ve been to a thousand times without issue and never would have expected an issue in that place. I wouldn’t keep a gun in a glove box, because there are better options, but I wouldn’t criticize the victim of a crime who did.