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Subotai
10-13-2012, 8:19 PM
So this guy I know had this handgun he bought. He sold it ages ago to another guy, but he doesn't remember if it was before or after 1/1/1991 when the law came into effect requiring a dealer do the ppt. How much trouble can this guy be in? I'm not sure what to tell him. He sold it to some upstanding citizen so it's unlikely to be found at a crime scene, but he's worried anyway. Dumb-butt. Anyway, what do you think?

gatesbox
10-13-2012, 8:30 PM
Does he remember when he bought it.... If he bought it well before doesn't seem like it would matter, burden is not his to prove, assuming the 1 in a million chance that anything problematic came of it. Not to mention gun has prob been sold three more times since then and DROSd at least once.

DSB
10-13-2012, 8:40 PM
Statute of limitations has passed (three years for state, six for federal).

MP301
10-17-2012, 8:23 AM
Statute of limitations has passed (three years for state, six for federal).

So, what your saying is that if you cash and carried a handgun...say in 2005, that you cannot be prosecuted/convicted due to statute of limitations?

Interesting. Any legal eagles here to confirm this?

Librarian
10-17-2012, 12:44 PM
So, what your saying is that if you cash and carried a handgun...say in 2005, that you cannot be prosecuted/convicted due to statute of limitations?

Interesting. Any legal eagles here to confirm this?

If that's all there is to consider, statute of limitations would be effective as you say. There can be complications, outside the scope of this thread.

fiddletown
10-17-2012, 5:38 PM
[1] Basically, what's done is done. There's probably no point in the OP's friend wondering how much trouble he's in. And if he's really concerned, he should get a lawyer and discuss it with him. What he discusses with his lawyer is confidential, but the Internet is a public place.

[2] A statute of limitations can often be a good defense, but it's not always simple. There can often be a question of exactly when the statute of limitations begins to run. There are also circumstances that can suspend (toll) the running of the limitations period. The details can be very important. But those sorts of details should only be discussed in confidence with one's lawyer, not with a bunch of strangers here in public.