How has the court determined that the possession of firearms by an individual without a valid firearms case been prejudicial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Levine, Ct. No. F415531, No. B217691 (Cal. App. 2010):
Appellant's mere possession of the firearms was not unduly prejudicial. "[A]n interest in firearms-one shared by many law-abiding citizens-does not necessarily imply a violent character." (People v. Thomas (1992) 2 Cal.4th 489, 522.) Accordingly, the trial
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court reasonably concluded that the probative value of the firearms evidence was not substantially outweighed by its prejudicial impact.
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