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Guns Seized From Lawful Owner in California
Who saw this coming, gun registration leading to confiscation?
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Michael Merritt had all but forgotten about the pot bust way back in 1970 when state agents came knocking on the door of his Bakersfield, Calif. home...
...Merritt was a convicted felon, according to their records, and therefore not eligible to own the pistols, hunting rifles and various collectibles he had legally purchased and registered. But the idea he was a felon was news to him, Merritt said...
...It turned out that the outdated felony code on the printout—11910 – was for a pot possession charge which has since been downgraded in California law. Merritt remembered being arrested, and paying a fine -- he thinks it was $100 -- and spending some weekends in the lockup...
...A bewildered Merritt turned over his guns. He later learned the agents were part of a special state unit tasked with checking the lists of registered gun owners against databases showing people who are not allowed to have weapons. {You have nothing to worry about. The reasons for being prohibited from owning weapons will never change.}It was set up under a program called the Armed and Prohibited Persons System established in 2001...
...But it turned out that amid all the cross-checking of databases, no one caught that Merritt's pot bust was downgraded to a misdemeanor, making him a legal gun owner. Two weeks later, agents returned and gave Merritt back his weapons.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/05...ze-california/
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Last edited by SF-TX; 02-06-2014 at 08:28.
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