What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Oklahoma.
My sister and I were given permission from my native friend to test our brand new guns on his property. While out testing our sites on our guns we fired a couple of shots at a target we had brought with us, and next thing we know my friends aunt is out screaming at us that we are trespassing on her property. I showed her the note that my friend had written for us giving us permission to be on the land and even called my friend to have him speak with his aunt. The aunt wouldn't speak to him and said she was calling the Tribal Police because we were tresspassing and bullets were wizzing by her house. My sister and I were apologetic telling the woman that we were not tresspassing we had permission to be on the land and that evidently we were on the wrong side of the land and that we ment no harm. The aunt calls the Tribal police and the officer tells my sister an I that he could ticket us for our guns, bullets, tresspassing, and fire arms on tribal land, but since we were clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time and it simply looked like an honest mistake he would only take our guns and give us a $500 ticket a piece. The Tribal officer said if we didn't show up in court we would automatically lose our guns (12g shot gun, 22 rifle, and 243 rifle) and that it would go on our credit report cause it was a tribal ticket and since we are white we didn't have to go, but if we did go we would have the chance to get our guns back and maybe a smaller fine. We attended the first court date and I took my native friend with us. He explained to the DA guy that it was simply a mistake and that the land is shared by his entire family and we were just on the wrong spot and that we ment no harm. The DA asked us how we felt about losing our guns because he did not tolerate guns on tribal land. I told him my 22 rifle was not an option as it was given to me by my dead grandfather and it was his when he was a little boy so it ment a lot to me. The DA says he will postpone our court date til aug. and for us to give him a call in a week. When we called the DA he said he would give me back the 22 rifle that was my grandfathers but he wanted the other two guns destroyed and for us to pay a $250 court fine a piece. So our question is beings we are not formiluar with tribal laws, how can they give me my 22 rifle back yet not the other guns?? and are they just robbing us of our guns, and should we take this plea bargain and walk away?? or is there a way in which we can fight this as we truly ment no harm and did not intensionally do wrong?? the only other option the DA gave us was trial in tribal court. We don't mind paying the fines we would just like our guns back. Is there nothing we can do?? Please help us as this is stressing us out bad as we feel we are being wronged in a major way by the tribal court.
My sister and I were given permission from my native friend to test our brand new guns on his property. While out testing our sites on our guns we fired a couple of shots at a target we had brought with us, and next thing we know my friends aunt is out screaming at us that we are trespassing on her property. I showed her the note that my friend had written for us giving us permission to be on the land and even called my friend to have him speak with his aunt. The aunt wouldn't speak to him and said she was calling the Tribal Police because we were tresspassing and bullets were wizzing by her house. My sister and I were apologetic telling the woman that we were not tresspassing we had permission to be on the land and that evidently we were on the wrong side of the land and that we ment no harm. The aunt calls the Tribal police and the officer tells my sister an I that he could ticket us for our guns, bullets, tresspassing, and fire arms on tribal land, but since we were clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time and it simply looked like an honest mistake he would only take our guns and give us a $500 ticket a piece. The Tribal officer said if we didn't show up in court we would automatically lose our guns (12g shot gun, 22 rifle, and 243 rifle) and that it would go on our credit report cause it was a tribal ticket and since we are white we didn't have to go, but if we did go we would have the chance to get our guns back and maybe a smaller fine. We attended the first court date and I took my native friend with us. He explained to the DA guy that it was simply a mistake and that the land is shared by his entire family and we were just on the wrong spot and that we ment no harm. The DA asked us how we felt about losing our guns because he did not tolerate guns on tribal land. I told him my 22 rifle was not an option as it was given to me by my dead grandfather and it was his when he was a little boy so it ment a lot to me. The DA says he will postpone our court date til aug. and for us to give him a call in a week. When we called the DA he said he would give me back the 22 rifle that was my grandfathers but he wanted the other two guns destroyed and for us to pay a $250 court fine a piece. So our question is beings we are not formiluar with tribal laws, how can they give me my 22 rifle back yet not the other guns?? and are they just robbing us of our guns, and should we take this plea bargain and walk away?? or is there a way in which we can fight this as we truly ment no harm and did not intensionally do wrong?? the only other option the DA gave us was trial in tribal court. We don't mind paying the fines we would just like our guns back. Is there nothing we can do?? Please help us as this is stressing us out bad as we feel we are being wronged in a major way by the tribal court.
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