Request for Information [Weazel News]
Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2023 1:57 pm
- Full Name: Jimmi Valentine.
Phone Number: 281-8937
Position in Agency: Jr. Journalist
- Detailed information of your inquiry:
- On Tue Jun 06, 2023 at appositely 7:52 pm the Weapon Classification Act was signed into Law through the Law Review Committee. With this act, the felony charge which was previously know as WF03 - Possession of Illegal Fireams/Weapons
was removed and to replace that charge came a set of classes 1-4.
Before this bill was signed into law, if someone was arrested and had in their possession a pistol .50 which was obtained illegally, they would be charged accordingly with the charge WF03 - Possession of Illegal Fireams/Weapons , which was classified as a felony charge. Now that the bill is signed into law, if someone was arrested under the same circumstances, they would be charged with WM02 - Possession of a Class 1 Firearm, a Misdemeanor.
My question is for persons charged with the felony charge before this bill, will they have that charge adjusted to reflect the new classifications? As it does not see fair that on their record it is classed as a felony while on someone else's record after the signing of this bill, it would be classed as a Misdemeanor.
- On Tue Jun 06, 2023 at appositely 7:52 pm the Weapon Classification Act was signed into Law through the Law Review Committee. With this act, the felony charge which was previously know as WF03 - Possession of Illegal Fireams/Weapons