Mike
Site Co-Founder
The US Supreme Court just granted certiorari to a case in which President Obama's Solicitor General told the Supreme Court that "there was no need for the Supreme Court to hear the case, in part because Henderson could have sold the guns prior to his conviction," thus explicitly meaning that if you are accused of any major crime, you better sell your guns quick, or lose all chance at retaining your financial interest in the guns if you are convicted, even if your appeal is still pending.
Equally troubling was Obama's Solicitor General's statement that a person convicted of a major crime could not transfer his firearms to "his wife or a friend" because it would create "a significant risk" that he would still retain access to them. After all, a man's conviction does not cast a scarlet letter against gun ownership by his wife and friends. A person residing with another person who is prohibited from possessing firearms may still possess firearms provided she maintains sole control of the firearms by reasonable means, such as sole possession of the key to a gun safe, etc.
See http://www.vagazette.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-court-guns-20141020,0,4604756.story
SNIP
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, representing the government, said in court papers there was no need for the Supreme Court to hear the case, in part because Henderson could have sold the guns prior to his conviction.
Furthermore, Henderson's proposals would have put the guns in the hands of either his wife or a friend, which "created a significant risk" that he would still retain access to them, Verrilli wrote.
Equally troubling was Obama's Solicitor General's statement that a person convicted of a major crime could not transfer his firearms to "his wife or a friend" because it would create "a significant risk" that he would still retain access to them. After all, a man's conviction does not cast a scarlet letter against gun ownership by his wife and friends. A person residing with another person who is prohibited from possessing firearms may still possess firearms provided she maintains sole control of the firearms by reasonable means, such as sole possession of the key to a gun safe, etc.
See http://www.vagazette.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-court-guns-20141020,0,4604756.story
SNIP
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, representing the government, said in court papers there was no need for the Supreme Court to hear the case, in part because Henderson could have sold the guns prior to his conviction.
Furthermore, Henderson's proposals would have put the guns in the hands of either his wife or a friend, which "created a significant risk" that he would still retain access to them, Verrilli wrote.
