That sounds kind of final, hope that isn't how you meant it. Thing is we all make mistakes, I've pulled some pretty bone head things myself. If we aren't making mistakes we aren't breathing. Thing is you learned something here, always step back about two steps and look at the big picture.

Good luck with your situation and I'm sure if you need some moron support, there are plenty of us morons to help you along.

It will get better.

 

So...what's the other 90% of the story?

 

I am guessing you didn't bother to read through the whole thread. If you had you would have seen that he explained the other 90% back in post #19.

 

So no matter what the rest of the story is....

The police came onto YOUR property, while sitting in YOUR car, and took YOUR gun?

Am I reading that right?

I don't care if you were drunk, car was running, etc. if that was the case and if you weren't disturbing the peace that is absolute BS. They stole from you, period.

 

WRONG, what they had was probable cause for a DUI investigation...look it up. Do you really think the cops are gonna just show up and "steal" something???

 

double post

 

The guy was sittin in a running car drunk....

What ever happened to innocent until proven guilty?

It's one thing if he was sittin on the side of the highway, it's another if he is in his driveway behind his house...

If the law in his state say that no matter what if someone drunk, sitting behind the wheel qualifys for a DUI, then I'm willing to bet every auto technician and shade tree there in his state has preformed a DUI...

100% moronic, and baffles me the citizens of the state would allow such injustice...

 

Regardless of whether it was legal confistication or not, and I bet it was, they did the correct thing. A person drinking with a weapon, acting out of the ordinary, sitting behind a residence where his estranged wife is located, is not not a good sanario. They probably felt they were protecting her or possibly protecting him as he could be suicidal. They did the right thing in my opinion.

 

What is preventing him from going and getting his other guns?

So assume the worse and appolize later is how the goverment should work?

What if he had a knife? A shovel? A Hammer? A axe? A plastic bag? Would they take those items also?

Why didn't they take his vehicle? He could have easily ran her over when she walked out the house?

What if while the OP was sober, he got robbed or car jacked while the police have his gun? How will he defend himself?

The point is, the OP was on HIS property, in HIS vehicle, and not hurting ANYONE. Yet the law feels the need to take away his protection because the "think" he "might" harm someone or something....

 

Nothing.

But, had they not taken the weapon, and had something bad happened, would they not have openned themselves to liability?

Alcohol. guns, and bad emotional states just do not mix.

 

The law doesn't(or should) work on "what if".

Now they have open themselves to liability if the CCW carrier gets attacked/robbed?

This is a slippery slope....

Reminds when Katrina hit and the law was taking away law abiding citizen's weapons on a "what if".

 

Pretty sure in NC you don't need any kind of permit to carry a weapon on your own property, open or concealed.

By the time the cops showed up I'm guessing you had already slept most of it off and were no longer intoxicated. I see no viable reason for them to confiscate your weapon. Good luck getting it back, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

- NCSU

 

Same here in texas....

You technically can walk down the street with an A/R strapped to your back, but it is frowned upon unfortunately.

 

To summarize what some of you are saying:

A guy shows up on property he owns jointly with his estranged wife and begin working on a truck in the garage without her consent. He gets thirsty, tired, cold, whatever and goes out of the garage and sits in the car he drove over there. He finishes his XX number of beers and starts the car to stay warm while he sleeps it off with his CCW permit and pistol resting on the seat beside him. The almost ex probably calls the police (silly woman.. car running, drunk behind the wheel, pistol in the car, middle of the night, words were exchanged). The police show up, assess the situation and, by your way of thinking, should just pat the good ole' boy on the back and tell him no harm no foul, sleep it off and head home whenever you get ready. Oh and by the way, don't shoot the ex because it might not look good on your record or ours.

Get real boys!!!!

They probably did the exact correct thing given the circumstances and the fact that they couldn't sit there and baby sit him or her all night.

 

Last time I went through a check point I blew a .07, which is below the legal limit in NC. The cops sent me on my way and even said, "Please be careful, it'd look bad on us if something happened after we let you pass through here." Using your logic, I should have been arrested and my truck impounded. Hell, for all you know his ex might have some new steroid-pumping psycho boyfriend and this fella felt like he might have to protect himself while on his own property. I'm guessing this isn't the case, but who are you say otherwise?

Unless the OP was threatening his ex in some manner, there was no reason for the police to intervene. If anything, they should have evicted his ex from the house since she hasn't met the conditions of their agreement.

Too many people are too willing to give up their freedoms in exchange for "government protection".

- NCSU