One afternoon many years ago I had stopped into a local gun shop while I was on duty and in uniform to check on a gun I had ordered. In my experience the worst that will happen is that they will lose the money they had tired up in the property after the police recover it and return it to it's owner. So with the legal system being that much of a nightmare, do you think I need to be suspicious to want to make sure that I don't get arrested for something I didn't do? Like it or not, as long as there is an assuption of guilt in the justice system, I am going to do everything I possibly can to stay away from a court room.Ĭlick to expand.I suppose that it possibly has happened somewhere, but I have never heard of anyone being charged with buying stolen property if the unknowingly bought it. That really is the story for a lot of people. You simply can't afford the gas to drive 50+ miles to court or the time off of work for all of the little hearings before the case is closed, so you accept the best plea deal you can get. You want to fight the case, but the Public Defender tells you that it would be very hard to convince a jury without some kind of evidence supporting your side.
All the public defender wants to do is get you to accept the plea deal. You have to stand before a judge who has heard 30 cases almost identical to yours and will hear 30 more after you are done. You have to get a public defender who is defending 30 other people that same day. If your lucky, you don't lose your job over the time you sit in jail and miss work. You have to sit in jail unless the judge is merciful enough to release you without bail, because you don't have $2000. Now picture that you have been falsely accused of a crime. You break even every paycheck, and don't have a savings at all. You have enough money to put gas in your tank to go to work and that's about it. Imagine yourself with a $20,000 a year income, living in a $700 a month apartment and only buying the store brands for whatever you eat. Next time you see someone going through the hassle of fighting for the best plea bargain because their public defender thinks they're guilty and doesn't want to deal with it, or they don't have the time to take off of work for a trial, take a moment to think "what if they're actually not guilty?".
I imagine that in your experience with law enforcement, you have probably not seen too much of court from the accused person's perspective. I would suggest that you spend a day in court with someone who is actually not guilty of a crime, and see how well it turns out for them. I would want to do the same with anything I didn't buy from an FFL, just to make sure I don't go to jail. Click to expand.I doubt it is as much suspicion as it is precaution.
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