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sweeping the nation
By Malia Zimmerman
Published April 09, 2015
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Attorney Chuck Michel represented Michael Roberts after his firearms were seized.
Cherished family heirlooms were among the 21 firearms Michael Roberts surrendered to the Torrance Police Department in 2010, after his doctor filed a restraining order against him.
The court order was the result of a dispute Roberts had with a member of the doctor’s staff and, after Roberts pleaded no contest, the matter was resolved. Yet, even though he filed the proper Law Enforcement Gun Release paperwork on four separate occasions, obtained clearance from the California Department of Justice and had two court orders commanding the return of his guns, police refused to hand them over.
With the backing of the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association, Roberts filed a federal lawsuit in May 2014, over the $15,500 worth of firearms. In the end he got the money, but not the guns. The police had had them destroyed.
Second Amendment lawyers say his case is not rare.
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Finding story after story of this kind of thing. It's as if the police have a "right" to steal the guns. Even after two court orders to return them, the police refused to and had them destroyed. How do you fight the police department? I'm sure the money it took for the lawyer to fight the case ate up the award money he got!
sweeping the nation
By Malia Zimmerman
Published April 09, 2015
FoxNews.com
Facebook1198 Twitter768 livefyre8264 Email Print
Attorney Chuck Michel represented Michael Roberts after his firearms were seized.
Cherished family heirlooms were among the 21 firearms Michael Roberts surrendered to the Torrance Police Department in 2010, after his doctor filed a restraining order against him.
The court order was the result of a dispute Roberts had with a member of the doctor’s staff and, after Roberts pleaded no contest, the matter was resolved. Yet, even though he filed the proper Law Enforcement Gun Release paperwork on four separate occasions, obtained clearance from the California Department of Justice and had two court orders commanding the return of his guns, police refused to hand them over.
With the backing of the National Rifle Association and California Rifle and Pistol Association, Roberts filed a federal lawsuit in May 2014, over the $15,500 worth of firearms. In the end he got the money, but not the guns. The police had had them destroyed.
Second Amendment lawyers say his case is not rare.
______________
Finding story after story of this kind of thing. It's as if the police have a "right" to steal the guns. Even after two court orders to return them, the police refused to and had them destroyed. How do you fight the police department? I'm sure the money it took for the lawyer to fight the case ate up the award money he got!
