Legal Question in Criminal Law in Utah

richpossion of a dangerious wepon by a restricted person

my fellony was about 20 years ago and i was looking up the vaule of a old rusty handgun that could not be fired and police came and took it and 2 weeks later put a warrent out on me can they do this and do i have any way of fighting this


Asked on 5/17/09, 9:49 am

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Randy B. Birch Attorney at Law

Re: richpossion of a dangerious wepon by a restricted person

it is a felony for a convicted felon to have a weapon. you may be able to fight it if you look at the definition of a weapon - if it truly would not fire, you may be ok; I do not know about that area of the law. I suggest you call James "Mitch" Vilos an attorney in the Bountiful area. He is the guru on gun issues.

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Answered on 5/17/09, 1:54 pm


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