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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

Just recently a man was sentenced to 3 yrs in jail for
possesing a weapon

Had found a sawed off shotgun in his year where had been
tossed by criminals

Took it to police station and was arrested for possesing a
weapon ....

Judge said didnt matter wasn’t his .......


42 posted on 12/18/2011 8:25:59 PM PST by njslim
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To: njslim

And where did this supposedly happen?


44 posted on 12/18/2011 9:02:48 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: njslim

Paul Clarke, 2009.

He was found guilty and given a 1 yr suspended sentence. The case caused anger here because the prosecution and judge chose to follow the strict letter of the law. Instead of actual Home Office guidelines which state that no civilian who tries to hand it in should be considered having ‘possessed’ the weapon.

The problem was that Clarke rather stupidly didnt call the police straight away, but set up a later meeting with a policeman he knew THEN handed it over. Therefore he was deemed to have ‘possessed’ the weapon and failed to immediately hand the weapon over to police.


48 posted on 12/18/2011 10:14:19 PM PST by the scotsman (I)
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