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<blockquote data-quote="tulsamal" data-source="post: 1747414" data-attributes="member: 571"><p>This can be a really tricky situation. My poor Dad had to plead guilty to a single count of a felony when he was 65 years old. It was that or go to trial over the way he retired and then came back to work as a private contractor? The poor guy has never gotten over the shame of it all. Anyway, his lawyer advised him more than once to get rid of all his guns. From top to bottom. The judge did also at his plea agreement. Then I ended up talking to an FBI agent during an investigation later "making sure" that he had given me all the guns.</p><p></p><p>As the lawyer explained to my Dad, just getting a safe and putting all the guns in it isn't good enough. Saying only Mom knows the combination isn't good enough. In the first place, people on the outside won't believe you. They figure these two people get naked together; why won't they share the combination to the gun safe? Even if they believe that _normally_ you don't know the combination.... if the man _really_ wanted to know it.... he could convince the woman to give it to him. Fair or not, the lawyer said guns in the same house was a bad idea. Actually he said it wasn't even a good idea to give the guns to the son because "everybody knows" the Dad could always drive to the son's house and get them if he really wanted to do it! But you could make that argument for almost any level. Might as well say his golf buddies can't own guns either!</p><p></p><p>IMO... the laws are out of date. We need to change these things. We need to say that VIOLENT felons can't own guns. It's ridiculous to say that someone who pleads guilty to a totally non-violent felony is barred from owning guns for the rest of their life. The person didn't commit a felony WITH a gun! Maybe we should ban them from owning a computer!</p><p></p><p>Gregg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tulsamal, post: 1747414, member: 571"] This can be a really tricky situation. My poor Dad had to plead guilty to a single count of a felony when he was 65 years old. It was that or go to trial over the way he retired and then came back to work as a private contractor? The poor guy has never gotten over the shame of it all. Anyway, his lawyer advised him more than once to get rid of all his guns. From top to bottom. The judge did also at his plea agreement. Then I ended up talking to an FBI agent during an investigation later "making sure" that he had given me all the guns. As the lawyer explained to my Dad, just getting a safe and putting all the guns in it isn't good enough. Saying only Mom knows the combination isn't good enough. In the first place, people on the outside won't believe you. They figure these two people get naked together; why won't they share the combination to the gun safe? Even if they believe that _normally_ you don't know the combination.... if the man _really_ wanted to know it.... he could convince the woman to give it to him. Fair or not, the lawyer said guns in the same house was a bad idea. Actually he said it wasn't even a good idea to give the guns to the son because "everybody knows" the Dad could always drive to the son's house and get them if he really wanted to do it! But you could make that argument for almost any level. Might as well say his golf buddies can't own guns either! IMO... the laws are out of date. We need to change these things. We need to say that VIOLENT felons can't own guns. It's ridiculous to say that someone who pleads guilty to a totally non-violent felony is barred from owning guns for the rest of their life. The person didn't commit a felony WITH a gun! Maybe we should ban them from owning a computer! Gregg [/QUOTE]
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