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joeybee12

(56,177 posts) Wed Oct 9, 2013, 07:33 PM Oct 2013

Aldon Smith charged with felonies (guns)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith was charged Wednesday with three felony counts of illegal possession of an assault weapon, stemming from a party at his home in June 2012.

The Santa Clara County district attorney's office said in announcing the charges that Smith, 24, is expected to surrender later this month. He is on an indefinite leave of absence from the defending NFC champion 49ers while undergoing treatment for substance abuse at an in-patient facility following a DUI arrest Sept. 20.

"We've been aware of the incident, the serious nature of it. We're all accountable for our actions, good and bad," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said Wednesday. "There's a process, due process, that will take place. I don't feel any need to comment further on it."

When asked whether Smith -- who set a franchise record with 19.5 sacks last season -- would play again this season, Harbaugh said only, "I don't have any need to further comment on it."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/9798105/aldon-smith-san-francisco-49ers-hit-felony-gun-charges

Substance abuse problems AND he has guns...is this a great country or what???

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Aldon Smith charged with felonies (guns) (Original Post) joeybee12 Oct 2013 OP

Well, I guess his season is toast ... Auggie Oct 2013 #1

These aren't guns ... they're assault weapons. Illegal in California. Auggie Oct 2013 #2

Auggie

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1. Well, I guess his season is toast ...

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Wed Oct 9, 2013, 07:45 PM

Oct 2013

I'd expect the 49ers and league to act on this too.

Auggie

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2. These aren't guns ... they're assault weapons. Illegal in California.

Reply to joeybee12 (Original post)

Thu Oct 10, 2013, 12:43 PM

Oct 2013

Prosecutors described those three guns as an Armalite AR10-T .308-caliber rifle, a Bushmaster ACR chambered for 5.56mm NATO cartridges and a Bushmaster Carbon 15 .223-caliber rifle.

Investigators determined that Smith had purchased the three firearms in Arizona in 2011. He bought two of them from a gun dealer in Phoenix on Dec. 10, 2011, the day before the 49ers played the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, investigators said, adding that even if the weapons were purchased in Arizona by an Arizona resident, the weapons are illegal to possess in California.

http://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49er-Aldon-Smith-hit-with-felony-gun-charges-4882140.php

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