mentalbreakdown00,
The next thing you should do, THE VERY NEXT THING
is get a restraining order against her.
why? because that's HER probable next step and IF that happens the
cops will come looking for your guns.
so take action to head her off.
any unsubstanciated claim by her can cause you no end of grief
for years, even decades.
Spend as much time talking to deputies about her "threats" and
erratic behavior as possible, with an eye to calling them as witnesses
later and trust me, you will
she is probably angling for custody as a way to extract more child
support from you.
Am I telling you something you don't already know if I tell you that
you had a child with a complete bitch?
Also technically you SHOULD keep your firearms more safely than you are
SOME would take issue with having several loaded firearms at hand.
Put the shotgun behind the door on a rack over the door
Even if it hurts get a cheap gunsafe from Walmart and keep most
of them locked up, because as things stand now someone could
break in and steal them all.
You might want to consider keeping one or two at your dad's house
That way if she does act first and the police come lookinf for your
firearms they don't get them all. and whatever they don't get are
far easier to get back.
Years ago in NJ I had a rifle and a handgun STOLEN.
They were recovered by the police, they were NEVER returned to me
I don't feel real bad about the Mini-14, as it was a kinda clapped out POS
I am still pissed off about the S&W469 9mm
With a concealed firearm mabey, but in interstate travel
according to the Gun Owners Protection Act of 1985 when traveling from one state to another you only need to meet the legal standard required bt the stricter of the states you are traveling to and from, the laws of the states in between are legally irrelevant.
That won't help you when dealing with an officer in some state like Illinois.
And Cops in general may know some laws very well, but in general
do far worse than the average gun owners when asked to interpret the relevant laws about firearms.
As a sterling example look at the laws about Hollowpoint Bullets in NJ.
Some will tell you they are "illegal" when they are only illegal IF something else you did with the firearm was illegal
There is an exception clause at the top of the section of the state law that NOBODY ever reads.
Ever hear the saying "the Law is an ass"?
Most cops are worse. Well meaning but ignorant.
The worst thing someone can be is insistantly ignorant.
they "know something" but what they know is WRONG
and they resist correction.
I've been asked many times "Do you have any firearms in the vehicle?" I NEVER directly answer.
In PA they are not supposed to ask about firearms, some do anyway.
I'm never openly rude until an officer is. but once HE crosses that invisible line I am the wellspring from which all sarchasm flows...
and I WILL drown his sorry ass.
As for searching my vehicle?
Over YOUR dead body.
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