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The one time I wasn't OC...

DocWalker

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FWIW and IMO - If you want to know laws don't ask a cop, don't ask a lawyer, don't ask a friend, don't ask an Internet forum...research the law and find out for yourself.

When I was going through the immigration process I decided to skip on a lawyer and do my own research and paper filing. Guess what I found out in the process? Lawyers were giving misinformation and making mistakes all over the place. People who filed at the same timeframe as I did but paid thousands of dollars for a lawyer were getting paperwork refused and request for more information. Myself - I never got a single request for information, my process was streamlined and I had a green card in less than 6 months while those who trusted lawyers were still waiting.

Long story short - average lawyers don't know as much as we give them credit for and I would be willing to wager that they gave you a lazy and quite possibly liberal biased answer to your free question...

+1 as the lawyers are in it for the money...not the justice.
 

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At the time I inquired, it wasn't bum (see bolded update below).

On the shooting aspect: No, she was going on about how her friends complimented her aim and such, though she has been known to stretch the truth at times. So yes, she did admit to breaking the law. I *could* have reported her, but all I have is hearsay, which that and $5 will get me a cup of Starbucks coffee.



Doc, through reading your posts on here even for longer than I have been a member, I have come to respect what you write. You know how to joke around, and when it comes time, you are "all business". I like that.

That said, I would take a lawyer's word on law over what an LEO says is the law on most matters. I did call more than one in an attempt to avoid opinion vs. law. Unless they were in cahoots (which I find unlikely, as I chose at random), the answers meshed.


Now the update: Just got off the phone with the court she was through. As of the end of last month, as they are concerned, her case is closed; no probation, parole or anything else.

Now it's just down to the Lautenberg side of things.


On the "control" issue, you guys may be right. Now that I have a moment to think on it exclusively, I believe you.

IOW, I was extra-conscious to keep her out of trouble, while she apparently didn't give a darn. Either way, the County's control over her is over.

From here out, not a second thought will be given if she happens to come around when I'm OC.

Thanks for the kind words Bonz

I try to have fun as I realized after being in 3 wars life is short and I want to live it free...(now that I'm out of the military...lol)
 

b0neZ

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FWIW and IMO - If you want to know laws don't ask a cop, don't ask a lawyer, don't ask a friend, don't ask an Internet forum...research the law and find out for yourself.

When I was going through the immigration process I decided to skip on a lawyer and do my own research and paper filing. Guess what I found out in the process? Lawyers were giving misinformation and making mistakes all over the place. People who filed at the same timeframe as I did but paid thousands of dollars for a lawyer were getting paperwork refused and request for more information. Myself - I never got a single request for information, my process was streamlined and I had a green card in less than 6 months while those who trusted lawyers were still waiting.

Long story short - average lawyers don't know as much as we give them credit for and I would be willing to wager that they gave you a lazy and quite possibly liberal biased answer to your free question...

I agree with your summation; They probably did give me liberal answers.

Oddly enough, I normally do look up laws (Fed and/or whichever state I'm interested in). I don't know why I didn't this time. Did the same thing with my divorce (trusted a lawyer, as the case was out of state), and I got nailed to the wall.

Don't ask me why I trusted not one but two this time. I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment.
 
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b0neZ

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Thanks for the kind words Bonz

I try to have fun as I realized after being in 3 wars life is short and I want to live it free...(now that I'm out of the military...lol)

Anytime. I just call em as I see em.

3 extended runs through the sandbox would be enough to give anyone the fits. Glad you came back safe and sane.
 

DocWalker

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Anytime. I just call em as I see em.

3 extended runs through the sandbox would be enough to give anyone the fits. Glad you came back safe and sane.

Safe...Kinda I got a shoulder injury on my last day in country while I was waiting for a plane out; we got attacked. I think I was more upset it was my last day and I was standing outside the T-barriers when we got hit and not that I got hurt.

Sane...That is debatable, just ask my wife.
 
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