And I do not believe, for one millionth of a second, that the alleged mandatory one year (or one and a half) in prison is enforced and served in even a substantial minority of cases.
You're entitled to your beliefs no matter how uninformed they are. But I deal in realities and am a guy that sees real people get launched and visits them in jail.
Here's two examples of a cases going on right now that the DA intends to incarcerate that the attorney has reached out to me for help:
case one
Client inherits a WWII pistol from deceased grandfather in Michigan. Client had a FID card, but let it lapse. Stores pistol and ammunition in a locked safe. He never uses or fires gun, keeps it only as sentimental keep sake from grand father. On wife’s urging he buries gun and bullets in locked safe on property to keep away from young childrens.
Some point later, client and his wife argue, he leaves household and goes to live in a friend’s cabin in Maine;
Wife obtains ex parte 209A order, which is served on Husband in Maine, and which includes language about surrendering any guns…
Husband has no way , no money to travel from N. Maine back to Reading to surrender gun, so he explains to Maine officers (who served him with RO order) where gun is.
Reading PD goes to property with metal detector and cannot find gun.
Husband returns to MA to face extension hearing on wife’s RO. Afterwards, he goes to residence and digs up safe with gun and bullets, still locked in safe, and delivers / surrenders to Reading PD.
53 days later, Reading PD files the above two charges against Husband and cites client’s “delay” in surrendering guns and ammunition.
case two
guy who lives in NH runs a street sweeper in parking lots at night. cop sees him empty the sweeper into a private dumpster and investigates. guy is carrying loaded pistol.
Both of these idiots are going to get the mandatory sentence probably. Their lawyers are desperately looking for help.
You can believe whatever you want but these are facts. Plus the DA offices are desperate to show that they go after anyone regardless of where they're from to help combat arguments of bias against one group versus another.
Sorry to insert facts but we deserve to know the truth before we parrot nonsense.