CA: Armed Raids to Confiscate Guns: are they worth it?

One such “raid” came on the Stanislaus County home of Elmer Taylor, a 67-year-old great-grandfather and Vietnam vet.

Taylor, who was originally from Southern California, was arrested in 1973 for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana, a felony at that time, but an offense now that has since been decriminalized with a fine of no more than $100 with the record getting purged after one year.

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Taylor told the agent he had bought all the guns through legal channels and he was told they were sold by mistake.

“If it was one time, I could understand a mistake,” said Taylor. “But this was four separate occasions over a period of about 15 years.”

Taylor said he was handcuffed because he was told he was being “threatening.”

“There’s at least seven of them and I’m 67,” Taylor said. “How am I the one that’s ‘threatening’?”

Taylor said his wife was ordered to open their gun safe so the agents could retrieve the firearms.

“They wouldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer,” said Pam Taylor.

The agents left with the guns and only left a business card – no receipt, no other paperwork.

“I did everything right and I got treated like that,” Taylor said. “I’m hurt, mad, upset, this is just so wrong.”

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