"Given that the case is resolved, evidence should now be at least possible to get returned to its owner, no?"
No return of the guns. Both the media reports and the docket sheet indicate that they surrendered the "firearms" as part of the plea.
Fair enough. I admit to not having read through the details - I was operating on base level logic that guns = property and therefore should/would be returned after they were no longer evidence. Obviously that doesn't apply if there was another agreement in place.
That barrel appears to be less than 16 inches, so you better not get a stock of them unless you pay the tax. But the legal future of a brace is also uncertain.
It does bring a whole new meaning to, "Say 'Hello' to my little friend!"
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Not another dime.