Ohio has a state law that enables the police to confiscate a persons arsenal if they believe the person posses a threat to public safety. Or something like that.
Anyway that would still seem to require a warrant or court order from a judge.
And some type of evidence to substantiate the issue.
The cops knew the veteran was ruled to have a disability and concluded in error that the disability was PTSD.
So cops in Lakewood just sit around and think up shit with no evidence at all and then go on a robbery detail and break more laws than the law abiding victim and then place obstacles for the victim to meet in order to retain her legal property.
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Cops Confiscate Lakewood Lady’s Arsenal; Motive Pending (Updated)
POSTED BY KYLE SWENSON ON WED, SEP 14, 2011 AT 12:00 PM
Update: Last month we brought you the story of Francesca Rice, an Iraq war veteran in Lakewood whose stockpile of licensed firearms was seized by cops. So Rice, whose service left her disabled, pursued justice the American way: By suing their ass.
Since Scene first reported the story, Rice’s arsenal has been restocked and her legal action tabled.
The incident started in September 2010, when Lakewood Police were asked to check on Rice by the VA hospital, where she’d been receiving treatment. Thirteen weapons — including a machine gun and sniper rifle — were taken when cops suspected Rice’s disability prevented her from owning them under Ohio law.
Last week, with no further evidence from the VA that Rice couldn’t handle a gun, the police returned her weapons.
“On the advice of my attorney,” says Rice, “I have safely and legally stored my collection elsewhere.”
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