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In reply to the discussion: I have an arrangement with a former Marine. Big burly dude. [View all]Lee-Lee
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There is your headline and how it goes down when the mad spouse goes down to get a restraining order and says "ohh yeah, he has lots of guns but he and his buddy are hiding them since they know I'm doing this"
Since it's clearly a crime in those states all they have to do is present a less than noble intent to cast doubt.
And all the prosecutor will ask is "why didn't you just call the police to come take them so you wouldn't be commiting a crime transferring them if you were so worried about his behavior unless you were trying to hide the guns?"
Boom- with there being no question the law was broken the spin is there to make it prosecutable. And in those same states prosecuting "gun crime" is high profile and more political DA's want every conviction in the books they can get.