IMO, the confiscation of your firearm was a clear violation of your 4th amendment rights. I would lawyer up.
Solid, good advice, get your rifle back, a new room mate and learn the hard lesson of experience.
IMO, the confiscation of your firearm was a clear violation of your 4th amendment rights. I would lawyer up.
Time for a new roommate. I would have kicked that mf'ers ass for even going near my stuff.
An overreaction here took place. I would have not called the police. I would have not checked with the neighbors. The fact the police had reasonable cause to even respond and let alone enter your home was because YOU called them.
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This, in my opinion, was the biggest mistake of all. Never, EVER, trust someone else to secure your weapon for you. If visitors are at your place and they somehow find out there's a gun somewhere, some idiot will want to mess with it.I told my roommate "If you're having friends over, don't let them near it, tell me they're coming, or put it in the gun case in the closet. Don't even tell them it's there."
I'd be very curious to know in what city this took place. I'm just having all sorts of problems believing that a police department would send 4 officers for an AD and then seize a firearm that was not involved in the incident. My BS meter is close to pegging out.
From a LEO side heres what I see. First off, you called them so you opened a can of worms even a LEO will tell you that = ) But, in fact, they do have the ability to take your weapons, HOWEVER they have no right to hold them beyond a fair time. Basically, what happens is we take them, run a quick ballist. check to see if they were involved in any high-crime. After that, we run the ser # to make sure they were never reported lost/stolen through the ATF. After that, your weapons should be good to go back home with you. If this takes any longer than..umm..3 days. They are draggin ass on it. Feel free to pm me.