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Tireshred wrote:

aardwolf wrote:

stevie_d_64 wrote:But since I read the whole thread here, and not one mention of the name of the town this happened in...Why bother with anymore discussion on this??? If we cannot learn where to be careful in our lawful travels in this entire country, then what have we really learned???

Agreed.

Ok, don't discuss it anymore, I said I would post the town name when it's all over, then the posts can restart. He doesn't want anything, and that includes hate mail, to sway the DA. Also, what if someone from there got wind of this thread and decided to make an example out of him? I respect his request to hold it until the papers are signed.

I apologize if my zeal got the best of me, I should have clarified and agreed with "you" that when all is actually said and done whether or not his getting his property back was completed, that we see "where" this happened...

I am all for that...At that time, and not before...

Muh bad...

Other than that clarification, I still stand by what I said before...And I do not condone hate mail or other non-productive communication to these authorities or officials...That does not help either...We are way to clever for that...

DaveT wrote:Law suits are expensive for small communities.... especially when written law proves them wrong.

I'll venture that this all probably boils down to nothing more than a small town Officer not being fully up on the law. The Chief might feel backed into a corner. Given an 'out' by the man's attorney that no lawsuits will be filed if the guns are returned might just be an easy solution for everyone involved.

A reverse shake-down is a beautiful thing in my opinion...And worth every penny...

If you're going to drop the charges, then keeping personal property if no crime has been committed, no charges filed, no conviction levied, doesn't make sense...

I could get really nasty, and say a lot of things I would rather not say, in respect to the rules in this forum...But since I read the whole thread here, and not one mention of the name of the town this happened in...Why bother with anymore discussion on this??? If we cannot learn where to be careful in our lawful travels in this entire country, then what have we really learned???

I have no reason to have a vendetta against this town or its officials, I would just prefer to bypass it and let it wither and die on the vine...

If we do not like it when a thief steals our property, then why do we accept a "deal" for a law enforcement agency to keep our property when no crime was committed, and no charges filed???

I certainly understand the wisdom and technical aspects of the advice given by our legal minds, and it is certainly good advice to take, the decision is certainly up to the individual in this case, but there is something more here than has been discussed, and when principle is overriden by financial costs, then what is it that we have truely lost??? I would go so far as to say it is not the loss of the guns that were confiscated and not returned...

It is that individuals life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that goes way beyond just his personal experience and pain, but it had better hit every single one of us right in the chest like a ten pound sledgehammer!!! And it had better hurt real bad...Because that is certainly not what I took an oath to protect and defend...Because what I took an oath to was not just to a sheet of paper with a bunch of ink on it...

It was every single one of you!