Submitted by LeeOblivious t3_11s1szb in springfieldMO
SansSheriff_MO t1_jcg095j wrote
Reply to comment by Ok-Survey406 in Man sues highway patrol, says arrest was unlawfully based on expunged marijuana charge. by LeeOblivious
>The bill that restored gun rights to felons is only 1.5 years old.
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>You need proof they knowingly violated a well established law.
So how many years after enactment does a law become "well established"?
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Edit to add: This may not be noteworthy to you right now, but the precedent it could set is noteworthy. If an officer believes your proof is fake, what's to stop them from charging and arresting you? Who determines what is fake? Will these "fakes" start to pop up more? How will the number of "fakes" across various races be affected? Will we start to see more BIPOC citizens getting arrested for alleged fakes, even if they're just as credible as the expungement record Joe Bob showed the officer a half hour earlier? This needs to be viewed as a possible infringement on a person's second amendment rights.
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