Originally Posted By PraetorEvocatus:
Driver of car is speeding and gets pulled over.  Car smells like Marijuana, driver admits to having Marijuana. Car gets searched. Small amount of loose Marijuana is found.  Driver is arrested for simple possession of Marijuana. There is an unrelated firearm in the glove box that is taken "for safekeeping" due to the car being towed. Driver is released from jail and is now being told "prove that you own this pistol" by the police department. Pistol was purchased face-to-face and there is no paperwork. How should the pistol owner proceed?  This agency doesn't do this with any other personal property that I know of.  Homeless people can pick up their bicycle upon release from jail without showing a receipt or bill of sale.

Originally Posted By PraetorEvocatus:
Advised him to get a friend, draw up a fake bill of sale, and get both their signatures notarized. That should stop this civil rights violation. The traffic stop was legit.  The arrest was legit (albeit unnecessary and extra, given that he could have been given a citation and released). The seizing the pistol to prevent the tow guy from stealing it was legit.  But requiring "proof of ownership," FROM THE GUY YOU TOOK IT FROM, and ONLY for a firearm, is a clear Civil Rights violation.  I can't stand this shit.  They're pulling fake, fucked-up bullshit, so they're going to get fake bullshit compliance.

Originally Posted By PraetorEvocatus:


That charge would be impossible in South Carolina based on the firearm being stored as property in a lockable compartment, as dictated by law.  The firearm was not carried.