Downr@nge
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Hello fellow HighRoaders! I have another question for you all. (First, I want to say thanks for all your help in my other thread on my wife giving me trouble about getting a handgun.)
My best friend has a Taurus PT 24/7 Pro .45. About 1.5 months ago, it was taken by the police because of a non-violent domestic dispute that erupted in his home between him and his wife. His wife, doing the WRONG thing, listened to her friends, went and got a Restraining Order (Order of Protection) against him. All this took place on a Friday. By Monday, some relatives and myself had finally talked some sense back into her and everything was dropped.
Needless to say, that Friday when everything happened, the Police took his firearm away. They told him he could get it back if the restraining order was lifted. Well, the restraining order has been lifted long ago and they are giving him the run around about getting his gun back. He calls the police station and they tell him, don't call us, we'll call you when you can have it back. (They literally said this to him.) They have told this to him several times. He has no criminal history, has never been arrested for anything other than a traffic warrant once when he was 20 (for a non-payment of a $200 fine), has no negative mental health history, and to boot, he already has his Handgun Permit.
This all took place in New Jersey. Why are the police taking so long to give him his gun back? Why are they telling him there is nothing he can do until they are ready to give it back? Are they (the police) allowed to do this? My friend is a law-abiding, tax-paying, good sumeritan and it sucks that he is going through this.
Neither of us have a problem with Law Enforcement (heck, i'm trying to become a LEO!) so its not like he is belligerent or hates the cops or anything like that.
My best friend has a Taurus PT 24/7 Pro .45. About 1.5 months ago, it was taken by the police because of a non-violent domestic dispute that erupted in his home between him and his wife. His wife, doing the WRONG thing, listened to her friends, went and got a Restraining Order (Order of Protection) against him. All this took place on a Friday. By Monday, some relatives and myself had finally talked some sense back into her and everything was dropped.
Needless to say, that Friday when everything happened, the Police took his firearm away. They told him he could get it back if the restraining order was lifted. Well, the restraining order has been lifted long ago and they are giving him the run around about getting his gun back. He calls the police station and they tell him, don't call us, we'll call you when you can have it back. (They literally said this to him.) They have told this to him several times. He has no criminal history, has never been arrested for anything other than a traffic warrant once when he was 20 (for a non-payment of a $200 fine), has no negative mental health history, and to boot, he already has his Handgun Permit.
This all took place in New Jersey. Why are the police taking so long to give him his gun back? Why are they telling him there is nothing he can do until they are ready to give it back? Are they (the police) allowed to do this? My friend is a law-abiding, tax-paying, good sumeritan and it sucks that he is going through this.
Neither of us have a problem with Law Enforcement (heck, i'm trying to become a LEO!) so its not like he is belligerent or hates the cops or anything like that.