[iontheball]

If his reason was defending the Second Amendment then why did he feel the need to destroy all the documentation on the arrest? He could have just let the guy go and leave it at that.
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Do you have any idea what the implications are of having a felony firearms arrest on your record?

[Rome2000]

Sounds to me like the cops don't have much to do up in Liberty County.

Stupid move by the Sheriff if he tried to destroy arrest records, and stupid of the Deputy to arrest the guy in the first place.

[0.E.O]

Do you have any idea what the implications are of having a felony firearms arrest on your record?

When the charges are dismissed? None.

[Altariel]

0.E.O seems to be proposing that the fellow(s) whose documentation was destroyed not have been arrested in the first place; rather, said fellow(s) ought not to have been charged.