EAGLE EYE 444
King Casanova
For any of you that don't really know me, Please don't think that I am some crazy thug or nine other names as well. I am a law abiding citizen that refuses to be trampled by anybody as I have lived a good life and I will always protect my family and friends from harm in whatever way possible.
I am curious if this requirement mentioned above also is required in any of your home counties/towns etc.
Even though all of the bogus charges were dismissed entirely for me on Wednesday, December 8th, and my court date had been set for Thursday Morning, December 9th at 8:30 AM. It took me another week to be able to get my weapon back and that was really not a problem for me.
I brought it home this morning after signing for it and answering in writing to all sorts of questions/paperwork. Keep in mind that apparently the standard procedure is that any weapon confiscated during an arrest where that weapon was used as such would be tested in a ballistics environment at the Crime Lab to check and see if this weapon may have been used in another crime anywhere else.
Personally, I don't have any problem with that requirement, as NOW, two of my Glocks have had this ballistics testing done in the past and both were ultimately cleared and have now been returned to me. In the first happening back over 12 years ago, I fired my Glock into the ground to help detain and deputies ultimately arrest 3 subjects that had broken into a neighbor's house that I was watching for them as the owner was in the hospital at the time. The first deputy that arrived actually got into a knock-down, drag-out scuffle with one of these subjects as they continued to fight even after a second deputy arrived and was able to help get cuffs on this person. Even then, the suspect tried to kick out the windows in the back seat of the patrol car....before being "locked down to an eye-bolt" in the center of the back floor before they were transported to jail.
After that event, all that I did was to call the actual Sheriff as I knew him and his Chief Deputy and asked when could I get my weapon back because I needed it as I would be traveling on my Florida vacation just a week from then AND BACK THEN, SOME IDIOT WAS SHOOTING UP VEHICLES ETC ON INTERSTATE 95. No problem, as he called the Crime Lab and asked to have that weapon on (Case # @%&*) back in his office as quickly as possible, and next morning, I went by his office and retrieved it as such. No Problem at all for me as I am NOT a Thug, Crook, Trouble-maker as such.
The reason that I share this with all of you is that yesterday when I had to make an appointment to retrieve my weapon at 10 AM this morning, I was advised that I must be able to show ownership records such as a Bill Of Sale showing that I was indeed the owner of this firearm. THAT WAS NO PROBLEM for me and I gladly advised them that I would have that with me when I visited their office this morning. Thankfully for me, I actually purchased that particular Glock from a super-nice GON MEMBER that was in the military, from Byron, Georgia back on 12/4/2011 and I have kept a copies of that original Bill Of Sale of that transaction. I actually have four Model 23 Glocks, .40 caliber and three of them were purchased from members of this website. I also have several long guns that I purchased from another member on this site back close to 12 years ago.
THE FACT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THEIR REQUEST TODAY FROM THIS CURRENT SHERIFF. I do have numerous Bill Of Sales on various firearm transactions over the years and this requirement doesn't bother me but I wanted to pass this information to others as you may some day run into the same situation that I did in this case and it would be much easier if you did have that information readily available.
I am curious of the comments that others might have in this situation.
I am curious if this requirement mentioned above also is required in any of your home counties/towns etc.
Even though all of the bogus charges were dismissed entirely for me on Wednesday, December 8th, and my court date had been set for Thursday Morning, December 9th at 8:30 AM. It took me another week to be able to get my weapon back and that was really not a problem for me.
I brought it home this morning after signing for it and answering in writing to all sorts of questions/paperwork. Keep in mind that apparently the standard procedure is that any weapon confiscated during an arrest where that weapon was used as such would be tested in a ballistics environment at the Crime Lab to check and see if this weapon may have been used in another crime anywhere else.
Personally, I don't have any problem with that requirement, as NOW, two of my Glocks have had this ballistics testing done in the past and both were ultimately cleared and have now been returned to me. In the first happening back over 12 years ago, I fired my Glock into the ground to help detain and deputies ultimately arrest 3 subjects that had broken into a neighbor's house that I was watching for them as the owner was in the hospital at the time. The first deputy that arrived actually got into a knock-down, drag-out scuffle with one of these subjects as they continued to fight even after a second deputy arrived and was able to help get cuffs on this person. Even then, the suspect tried to kick out the windows in the back seat of the patrol car....before being "locked down to an eye-bolt" in the center of the back floor before they were transported to jail.
After that event, all that I did was to call the actual Sheriff as I knew him and his Chief Deputy and asked when could I get my weapon back because I needed it as I would be traveling on my Florida vacation just a week from then AND BACK THEN, SOME IDIOT WAS SHOOTING UP VEHICLES ETC ON INTERSTATE 95. No problem, as he called the Crime Lab and asked to have that weapon on (Case # @%&*) back in his office as quickly as possible, and next morning, I went by his office and retrieved it as such. No Problem at all for me as I am NOT a Thug, Crook, Trouble-maker as such.
The reason that I share this with all of you is that yesterday when I had to make an appointment to retrieve my weapon at 10 AM this morning, I was advised that I must be able to show ownership records such as a Bill Of Sale showing that I was indeed the owner of this firearm. THAT WAS NO PROBLEM for me and I gladly advised them that I would have that with me when I visited their office this morning. Thankfully for me, I actually purchased that particular Glock from a super-nice GON MEMBER that was in the military, from Byron, Georgia back on 12/4/2011 and I have kept a copies of that original Bill Of Sale of that transaction. I actually have four Model 23 Glocks, .40 caliber and three of them were purchased from members of this website. I also have several long guns that I purchased from another member on this site back close to 12 years ago.
THE FACT IS THAT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LEGALITY OF THEIR REQUEST TODAY FROM THIS CURRENT SHERIFF. I do have numerous Bill Of Sales on various firearm transactions over the years and this requirement doesn't bother me but I wanted to pass this information to others as you may some day run into the same situation that I did in this case and it would be much easier if you did have that information readily available.
I am curious of the comments that others might have in this situation.
