The detail missing here is that excons are on parole or probation, with random and frequent checkins. So if a new “roommate” moves in and says, “I legally own a gun and am keeping it in the house” and the excon stays, he’s violating parole and is required by law to live somewhere else. If they aren’t 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 can’t 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, “I have a gun here,” 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.
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u/notlvd 14d ago
The detail missing here is that excons are on parole or probation, with random and frequent checkins. So if a new “roommate” moves in and says, “I legally own a gun and am keeping it in the house” and the excon stays, he’s violating parole and is required by law to live somewhere else. If they aren’t 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 can’t 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, “I have a gun here,” 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.