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Good o'l Tone Loc gets cought with an "unregistered Colt AR15 Sporter" due to a search related to a "corporal injury to a spouse" arrest. The rapper plead no contest to the above charges (including the AW charge) and only ended up with 3-years probation, one day in jail (no doubt time served for time spent incustody), and 30-days community service.
What happened to spending time with Buba?
We all have heard, "your gonna spend time with Buba for that AW charge." But how many really spend any real jail time without other major assosiated factors involed. I'm talking about a major criminal history or commiting some major crime with the AW.
An AW related charge can be a major wobbler, public nussance - Feloney plus add on the primary charge of "Corporal Injury to a Spouse." 273.5(a) PC is a Felony. This is what Tone Loc (reportedly) plead no contest to. He didn't plea no contest to "Spousal Battery" 234(e)(1) PC which is a Misdemeanor.
Now, Mr. Loc may have been arrested for Felony Corporal Injury to a Spouse along with the additional filing for the Felony AW charge, but what did he end up with?
Loss of his firearms, probation, and some community service. Call it good lawyering but a decent PD could have done just as well for him. Might it be that Mr. Loc has been an upstanding citizen all his life and since he has never had a previouse arrest they went very light on him? Maybe so, but I highly doubt it.
For a normal Joe, any and all of the above would be a nightmare. Regardless of the " no real time served." It would be that plus +++ for me. That's why I keep my guns on the safe side of the law and I avoid other unlawful acts.
This is just some banter against all the "jail time" threats I often read about when someone talks about some form of firearms violation. I know those threats are not without merit but what went wrong here?
Ya,ya,ya, I know all about loosing all of your gun rights, loss of employment, the tremendouse amount of leagal fees, stress to you and your family, not wanting to be that guy etc,,,,,,
Again, I am in no way making light of what "could" happen. But, where in the heck is the Jail Time for Mr. Loc! This is not the standard outcome we all read others warn about!
What happened to spending time with Buba?
We all have heard, "your gonna spend time with Buba for that AW charge." But how many really spend any real jail time without other major assosiated factors involed. I'm talking about a major criminal history or commiting some major crime with the AW.
An AW related charge can be a major wobbler, public nussance - Feloney plus add on the primary charge of "Corporal Injury to a Spouse." 273.5(a) PC is a Felony. This is what Tone Loc (reportedly) plead no contest to. He didn't plea no contest to "Spousal Battery" 234(e)(1) PC which is a Misdemeanor.
Now, Mr. Loc may have been arrested for Felony Corporal Injury to a Spouse along with the additional filing for the Felony AW charge, but what did he end up with?
Loss of his firearms, probation, and some community service. Call it good lawyering but a decent PD could have done just as well for him. Might it be that Mr. Loc has been an upstanding citizen all his life and since he has never had a previouse arrest they went very light on him? Maybe so, but I highly doubt it.
For a normal Joe, any and all of the above would be a nightmare. Regardless of the " no real time served." It would be that plus +++ for me. That's why I keep my guns on the safe side of the law and I avoid other unlawful acts.
This is just some banter against all the "jail time" threats I often read about when someone talks about some form of firearms violation. I know those threats are not without merit but what went wrong here?
Ya,ya,ya, I know all about loosing all of your gun rights, loss of employment, the tremendouse amount of leagal fees, stress to you and your family, not wanting to be that guy etc,,,,,,
Again, I am in no way making light of what "could" happen. But, where in the heck is the Jail Time for Mr. Loc! This is not the standard outcome we all read others warn about!
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