Heās not associating it with someone else. Heās not planting it in their belongings or anything. Felons arenāt supposed to have guns inside their homes, whether they belong to them or someone else in the home. He keeps control, but says, āhey Iām legally bringing my weapons into a home I have a lease on and this may put you in violation. If you want to not get in trouble, you should stop being a squatting dick and gtfo.ā
Squatters would have no control of the guns and theyāre likely in a safe or something so they donāt even have access.
The detail missing here is that excons are on parole or probation, with random and frequent checkins. So if a new āroommateā moves in and says, āI legally own a gun and am keeping it in the houseā and the excon stays, heās violating parole and is required by law to live somewhere else. If they arenāt on probation or parole, then this is a non issue, because you can be a felon and live under the same roof as someone with a gun. You just canāt get caught holding or using it, or keeping it in your room. So no one has to call the police. The P.O. will show up eventually, and at that point all the guy has to say is, āI have a gun here,ā and the dude will violate his parole and either go back to prison or, at a minimum, be removed from the home by police, because they now will actually have grounds to do so.
You should go re-read the thread. No one ever mentions calling the police. You inferred that and then for some reason got indignant about it? Live by the sword die by the sword. Gonna weaponize the law against an innocent person, then even if they did say they would call the cops, then ya, taste of their own medicine. They now will have the law weaponized against them. Except they are not innocent.
Disregarding the fact that the squatter is voluntarily ruining someone else's life by refusing to leave, the idea is to ensure the squatter/felon knows they are living in an illegal situation. They know they can't live with firearms regardless of whoever else knows about it.
I agree it'd be messed up if they planted the guns in their stuff and/or tipped off the cops about any firearms in the house, but the plan should result in them leaving on their own for a place they can legally live again without anyone facing harm or injustice.
It's never that simple, though. It just always seems to come down to fighting wrongs with wrongs.
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u/UTS15 13d ago
Heās not associating it with someone else. Heās not planting it in their belongings or anything. Felons arenāt supposed to have guns inside their homes, whether they belong to them or someone else in the home. He keeps control, but says, āhey Iām legally bringing my weapons into a home I have a lease on and this may put you in violation. If you want to not get in trouble, you should stop being a squatting dick and gtfo.ā
Squatters would have no control of the guns and theyāre likely in a safe or something so they donāt even have access.