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Consider me duly chastised for not following your arbitrary definition of emphasis and true.
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Nothing arbitary about it at all, true is a simple word and the evidence that shows it is contained in the article even though its an incomplete story, so that makes your emphasised claim about there being NO EVIDENCE false.
It is a common theme, especialy with those calling for more and tougher law and order and complaining about lenient judges applying discretion.
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Your statement that "he was really in transit... wasn't the case" is predicated on what, exactly?
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The fact that he wasn't in transit, showing that he still had a house for sale in Colorado while living in NJ doesn't show that he was in transit between the two and since his journey started and ended at the same place and he hadn't been to a range or out hunting it means he was simply breaking the law.
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know moving an hour from my previous domicile was tedious and left my car with assorted bits of my stuff for weeks.
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Yes , and if you knew the law because you had read the law wouldn't you make sure that any assorted bits which could become illegal were a priority?
Well he fails under Federal coverage on two parts which triggers the state laws
So he then gets hit with 2c393f and as he cannot be claiming to avail of the exceptions under 26-39f6 covering transport he is screwed.
As for the search there is no warrant needed as all the police need were reasonable suspicion(which comes from the parents call) followed by reasonable inquiries to establish the fact(which covers looking in the car for a gun) which then gives probable cause(they foung the guns and ammunition) which leads to arrest and charge, then that becomes the establishment of a crime which means a conviction for that crime and punishment as set down by law.
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You seem to have a pretty black-and-white take on all matters justice.
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Not in the slightest, people who have a black and white view are in favour of such things as mandatory terms, zero tolerance, 3 strikes.....
To me that is just a silly escapist view which is detatched from reality but is held very dear by some who claim to be of a "conservative" nature as being tough on crime.
Sorry Growler but you appear to have been taken in by a sob story by parents on a guilt trip who are having difficulty coming to terms with it.
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Thanks Mom. Next time think before you call.
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True, she thought after she had started.
Then again how often do we hear of people having a bad time and feeling down about their circumstances deciding to "calm down" by going for a drive then going postal.
All too often you hear the complaint of "why didn't someone report that he was depressed and had a gun"?
Come to think of it if his depressive episodes over his relationship failing amounted to a mental imbalance shouldn't there have been restrictions on him having guns anyway?
I suppose thats where the honour system fails, criminals and the insane lose some of their gun rights but are expected to act themselves to give up their weapons and not buy any more.