Felon got caught hunting today.

[thejanitor]

No matter the circumstance I BELIEVE if you ask for a reciept that the officer taking the weapon has to give you one. You may be in the wrong or even if you are in the right and the officer is trying to prove you were in the wrong, I thought the officer was to give a reciept upon taking possession if you requested it.
Just what I was told when I was younger by an retired officer. Maybe things are different now....
thejanitor

[buck460XVR]

BUCK. Good to hear you have never been young and stupid. POWDERMAN. 

Oh for sure Powderman....I've been young and stupid. Won't deny I've made my fair share of mistakes. But I didn't compound one act of stupidity by adding to it multiple other acts. The OP said his friends  felonious mistake was made 11 years ago.......maybe he was young and stupid then, but after 11 years, you would think he would have grown up. Sorry, but having two illegal guns in your possession while trespassing, while fraudulently hunting,  11 years after a felony conviction sounds like a repeat offender to me......not a foolish kid. I know of several folks that made mistakes young that cost them the privilege of owning firearms. They either went thru the legal process to regain that privilege, learned to hunt legally with a bow or moved on to a different hobby. There is a big difference. These folks turned their life around......they did not continue to disregard and disrespect the law and those that enforce it. They do not continue to give law abiding citizens and legal gun owners a bad image.

WOW I'm thinking you don't have much sympathy for this fellow I just wish more of us could be perfect human beings!

The day a LEO cannot take time to help a stranded motorist (Citizen) felon or other wise, he should turn in his badge and gun, and perhaps become a Sunday school teacher in the "Church of perfect Saints", and that's the kind of values I try to instill in my Kids, and Grand kids.  John 8:7 JMHO

No, I don't have any sympathy for the dirtball. He knowingly broke the law...multiple times. He knew the risk he was taking and apparently figured it was worth it......or like most criminals, didn't think he'd get caught. But he did and now is being held responsible for the consequences. I don't feel sorry for him and wonder why there is anybody here that does.....unless they can identify with him and his ideals. Also, around here LEO and Game Wardens do not fix broken vehicles for private citizens. They do not change tires, they do not jump-start vehicles, nor do they unlock doors. They stay at the scene till it is determined that the situation is safe(as in blocking traffic with the squad, while YOU change your tire) and that help has been contacted. This is their policy and their job. Most do it very well. Sure there are a few bad ones, but like dirtball hunters and gun owners, they are far and few between. Problem is, the few that are, like the few dirtball hunters and gun owners, give the honest and legal  majority a bad image.

[yellowtail3]

I know of several folks that made mistakes young that cost them the privilege of owning firearms. They either went thru the legal process to regain that privilege, learned to hunt legally with a bow or moved on to a different hobby.

They went along... good for them. That is the safest route to take - kowtow, submit, go along. It's prudent, no doubt, and I'm in favor of prudence, even if I don't always practice it.

....they did not continue to disregard and disrespect the law and those that enforce it.

Some laws deserve contempt, and some of those who enforce those laws deserve contempt, too.

They do not continue to give law abiding citizens and legal gun owners a bad image.

Oh, I'd say that a guy deer hunting - someone who got convicted of a felony in years past, who lives a law-abiding life, causing no harm to his fellow citizens? - he doesn't give  anyone a bad image. It's easier now than ever to become a felon these days - charge 'em with six things, they'll plead to one! - and an otherwise law-abiding citizen hunting does no harm. Some felonies are truly bad things; others aren't - there's violent crime, an then there's pissing off a flight attendant (that can get you charged with a felony carrying a 20 year sentence).

No, I don't have any sympathy for the dirtball.

That's a nasty thing to say; he may or may not be a dirtball. I don't know the guy, but hope he comes out relatively undamaged and is able to lead a productive life, which would benefit everyone except perhaps a prosecutor who'd like to notch another conviction.

[beerbelly]

I find it very hard to believe but I am in total agreement with yellowtail on this one!
                             Beerbelly

[Pat/Rick]

Felons in WA state cannot own BP firearms. Archery is okay. The law probably varies state to state. Another case of make sure. The DA office should tell you if you can't find it in your states laws.

[hillbill]

idk what yuall think but if yur a felon and have done 10 yrs plus with no more offenses id at least think about giveing some of your rights back.maybe not for a violent crime but for other stuff possibly.otherwise, what does the word rehabilatation mean?but then agin its hard for the system to take everything on a case by case basis.

[possume]

he might have been able to get his rights restored he had 10 years to do it but he should not have hunted until he did so he still broke the law and should be delt with

[williamlayton]

We don't get to vote on this.
I agree with YT---some laws deserve contempt.
I don't guess any of you fellers speed---ever driven under the influence.
I guess, once a drunk, always a drunk.
There was a fellow on this place, once, found innocent of a felony and thirty five years later the ATF decided what he did was inappropriate enough to disallow him possession of a firearm---even went so far as to set him up on the purchase of a firearm.
I disrespect that decision---it is wrong---I don't care who you are.
Now you can carry on but what are you doing about it.
Vote.
Blessings

[powderman]

WILLIAM. I remember that, wish we knew more about it. POWDERMAN. 

[JBlk]

As a former Police Officer I can understand the reason to prohibit felons from possessing firearms.How ever there should be a reasonable time limit on this restriction.When former President Clinton passed his domestic violence act he made the provisions retroactive.This made many gun owners who had never had any other type of violations unable to possess a gun.Of course with the type of moral conduct he was involved in I can understands why he would want to limit access to weapons, especially Fathers.When someone is charged and convicted of a crime and sentenced to prison that is supposed to be the punishment that he or she faces for their acts.But we have a certain faction in this society that feels that they should continue to be punished indefinately.I also know that when you setup those type of restrictions the people who are affected by those laws will break those laws.I wonder if all of you folks who feel so strong in your convictions would feel the same if tommorow the government would permanately revolk the drivers license of anyone ever convicted of a speeding ticket.I bet you would hear a howl raised around the world.Justice is only justice when it is tempered with mercy.