San Jose News
The manager of a Southern California shooting range is fighting arrest for being a convicted felon in possession of a gun -- in fact, lots of them.
Patrick Raahauge, 46, was arrested on Friday after state investigators acting on a tip allegedly saw him handling weapons and ammunition at the range in the Riverside County community of Corona. "He was clearly working there, in and around all the firearms," state Department of Justice spokeswoman Michelle Gregory said. "He shouldn't be there at all."
Raahauge was convicted of stealing a car in 1999 and of illegally possessing a gun and ammunition in 2003. He filed a petition seeking a pardon from the governor in July but it had not been considered at the time of his arrest.
Normally I would consider this one a close call. Stealing a car is not really the kind of felony I would consider as a disqualifier for gun rights. But, in this case the guy was 30 years old when he did it. It wasn't some teenage prank. What is a 30-year-old man doing stealing cars?
I'm guessing there's a bit more to his criminal past than stealing a car and later on possessing a gun illegally.
What do you think?