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Originally Posted by Bob Dole
The gun charges are probably as bullshit as mine were. "Carry of a weapon during the commission of a crime". Even though I had both hands outside the vehicle and declared the weapon as they approached the truck. Not the spirit of the law in any way, shape or form. He didn't intend to "commit a crime" when the evening kicked off.
I live alone on a dead end road in bum**** Texas, and if I pull up my driveway and see there are unauthorized (i.e., ANY) people in my house, I'm not counting on the Sheriff's department to save my ass...so yeah, I have a loaded weapon in the ****ing vehicle, since all the others are in the house.
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Unfortunately for you in that instance. But yeah, you get the charges so they can be dropped later. Feels like bs to you. I get that.
It’s sorta preserving evidence for a minor known crime of having a weapon while drinking and driving. With the state or county, being the victim. And it gets rightfully thrown out. Because the weapon charge is not in the spirit of the law. (Something I literally got into fights over with supervisors emphasizing quotas)
BUT, if you had presented that weapon while drinking and this new victim didn’t come out until the next day, or two, and it was a legit irresponsible drinking and using a weapon case, it will go no where if the cop didn’t add that charge it could be harder to take care of that second victim.
I guess anyway. Personally if I took the time to photo and log the weapon serial number and full description including ammo count. I don’t see how that hat couldn’t be used against someone even if they had shot someone with that gun earlier.
Maybe if it seemed recently fired, I’d add the charge in case. But it all comes to department policy on this stuff or officer discretion.