This one is nuts.
“The owner of a gun that becomes stolen could face a $1,000 fine, and if the thief who stole the firearm is someone who legally cannot own a gun and commits a violent crime with said gun, the gun owner could be charged with a separate felony. ”
Clearly, someone who steals a gun is a felon. Felons cannot own guns. The rest of it is drivel: anybody who steals a gun is a felon, and therefore this law applies to everybody.
You can’t be charging people with a separate felony because there are not two possible cases of happenstance here.
“ Your Honor, which thieves are allowed to own guns under the law? “
“The owner of a gun that becomes stolen could face a $1,000 fine, and if the thief who stole the firearm is someone who legally cannot own a gun and commits a violent crime with said gun, the gun owner could be charged with a separate felony. ”
Clearly, someone who steals a gun is a felon. Felons cannot own guns. The rest of it is drivel: anybody who steals a gun is a felon, and therefore this law applies to everybody.
You can’t be charging people with a separate felony because there are not two possible cases of happenstance here.
“ Your Honor, which thieves are allowed to own guns under the law? “