Marty Hayes
Member
From the police perspective, even though all people were telling one story, it COULD just be that your wife got mad at you for screwing around with her sister, took aim at your balls and shot you in the knee. Realizing that you love your wife, and being sorry for messing around with her sister, you confess your true love for her, she forgives you, and then you realize that you might just not want to have her arrested and convicted for attempted murder.
So, you call your buddy over to your house, and concoct a story about your buddy accidently shooting you with his 9mm.
Sound plausable? Perhaps, and having been in LE for over 30 years, I have heard a bunch of concocted stories in my time.
Please accept my apologies in advance for the storyline, I also believe you, but I just wanted to make a point that the cops can't/don't automatically believe what the witnesses say. They felt compelled to take the weapons in the house for ballistic testing, (they likely will not test them) but if new evidence comes up, at least they have the guns to test. 8 weeks is not unreasonable.
As far as an attorney goes, I'll relate another story. About 20 years ago, a student of mine was raped in her home, and eventually, she got to her gun, (one of two she owned) and shot and killed the rapist. They took both guns, and wouldn't give them back to her, until she got an attorney involved, and magically, they became much more cooperative. You might need an attorney. If you don't get the guns back after the prescribed 8 weeks, give me a call, and I'll hook you up with one of our ACLDN attorneys out of Miss. to give you a hand. A phone call or two, perhaps a letter ought to do it.
So, you call your buddy over to your house, and concoct a story about your buddy accidently shooting you with his 9mm.
Sound plausable? Perhaps, and having been in LE for over 30 years, I have heard a bunch of concocted stories in my time.
Please accept my apologies in advance for the storyline, I also believe you, but I just wanted to make a point that the cops can't/don't automatically believe what the witnesses say. They felt compelled to take the weapons in the house for ballistic testing, (they likely will not test them) but if new evidence comes up, at least they have the guns to test. 8 weeks is not unreasonable.
As far as an attorney goes, I'll relate another story. About 20 years ago, a student of mine was raped in her home, and eventually, she got to her gun, (one of two she owned) and shot and killed the rapist. They took both guns, and wouldn't give them back to her, until she got an attorney involved, and magically, they became much more cooperative. You might need an attorney. If you don't get the guns back after the prescribed 8 weeks, give me a call, and I'll hook you up with one of our ACLDN attorneys out of Miss. to give you a hand. A phone call or two, perhaps a letter ought to do it.