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Stephen Gutowski

11 Jul, 5 tweets, 1 min read

https://twitter.com/lawcrimenews/status/1414222954011967492

These are gun possession charges stemming from minor traffic stops, by the way. There don't appear to be charges beyond possession.

https://twitter.com/lawcrimenews/status/1414222954011967492

He faces 3 years in prison for having guns California doesn't like. Not for using them in any nefarious way or even planning to use them in any nefarious way. At least, from what we know now.

These sorts of charges are why a lot of states are passing things like permitless gun carry. Perhaps Frank Clark knew he was violating California's gun laws by having those guns in his car (he should have researched it beforehand) but the law doesn't even require that be proved.

It's possible Clark is involved with something nefarious. The accusation of domestic violence from his past certainly puts him in a bad light. But he wasn't convicted of it and jailing him without proving criminal intent seems dangerous.

At least Clark has a lot of money to hire good lawyers. Most people hit with these kinds of possession charges, especially other young black men, don't have those kind of resources.

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