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08-06-2013, 03:45 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/calif-returns-husband-guns-were-confiscated-wife-voluntary-163634224.html http://l.yimg.com/os/152/2011/11/22/Blaze-Logo_003758.gif (http://www.theblaze.com/) <cite class="byline vcard top-line">Liz Klimas <abbr>4 hours ago</abbr> </cite>
<!-- google_ad_section_start --> In mid-March Lynette Phillips' home in California was visited by police who were there to confiscate her husband's firearms (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/12/calif-gun-owner-who-says-she-admitted-herself-to-mental-hospital-for-medication-adjustment-has-guns-confiscated/) and ammunition because she had spent three days in the hospital (checked herself in) for mental health reasons, making her ineligible under the state's law to possess guns.
Nearly, The Blaze has learned, the firearms were returned to the family a month ago -- but not the ammunition.
TheBlaze spoke with Phillips about the process of retrieving her husband's guns and with her lawyer about why hundreds of dollars of ammo might not have been returned. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Since going through the paperwork to have the firearms reinstated to him, she told us they had to pay $19 to transfer one into his name and then another $20 to have it returned in general. She described where they picked up the firearms as an "unmarked building" in Riverside, California.
They are missing, however, what she estimates to be $400 to $600 in ammunition for the firearms, a critical component considering the nationwide ammunition shortage (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/18/reloading-the-booming-gun-hobby-and-what-it-could-mean-for-the-ammunition-industry/).
TheBlaze spoke with her attorney Chuck Michel who said he's not surprised the ammunition was withheld at the time the guns were returned. He said most police departments have a policy in place that doesn't allow both to be returned at the same time.
"The thing that they're worried about is that the person loads up the gun in the lobby," Michel said in a phone interview. "I understand that."
Michel said Phillips could have pushed to get the ammunition back. Phillips worried, though, that because she still technically doesn't have her gun rights reinstated that she could be prosecuted, so she left the ammo issue alone.
"Is it worth it to pursue? I decided no," Phillips said.
TheBlaze contacted California's DOJ for more details on its policy regarding return of ammunition but did not receive a response at the time of this posting --
<!-- google_ad_section_start --> In mid-March Lynette Phillips' home in California was visited by police who were there to confiscate her husband's firearms (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/12/calif-gun-owner-who-says-she-admitted-herself-to-mental-hospital-for-medication-adjustment-has-guns-confiscated/) and ammunition because she had spent three days in the hospital (checked herself in) for mental health reasons, making her ineligible under the state's law to possess guns.
Nearly, The Blaze has learned, the firearms were returned to the family a month ago -- but not the ammunition.
TheBlaze spoke with Phillips about the process of retrieving her husband's guns and with her lawyer about why hundreds of dollars of ammo might not have been returned. ---------------------------------------------------------------
Since going through the paperwork to have the firearms reinstated to him, she told us they had to pay $19 to transfer one into his name and then another $20 to have it returned in general. She described where they picked up the firearms as an "unmarked building" in Riverside, California.
They are missing, however, what she estimates to be $400 to $600 in ammunition for the firearms, a critical component considering the nationwide ammunition shortage (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/18/reloading-the-booming-gun-hobby-and-what-it-could-mean-for-the-ammunition-industry/).
TheBlaze spoke with her attorney Chuck Michel who said he's not surprised the ammunition was withheld at the time the guns were returned. He said most police departments have a policy in place that doesn't allow both to be returned at the same time.
"The thing that they're worried about is that the person loads up the gun in the lobby," Michel said in a phone interview. "I understand that."
Michel said Phillips could have pushed to get the ammunition back. Phillips worried, though, that because she still technically doesn't have her gun rights reinstated that she could be prosecuted, so she left the ammo issue alone.
"Is it worth it to pursue? I decided no," Phillips said.
TheBlaze contacted California's DOJ for more details on its policy regarding return of ammunition but did not receive a response at the time of this posting --