How would they know how many guns he has?
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From the article it is not clear that the neighbor knew how many guns Bailey had. The image on the page may have info, but couldn’t get it zoomed enough to read it.
Not the neighbor, the police.
Didn’t matter if the neighbor knew he had guns or how many he had. The judges order was sufficient in and of itself:
“Under ‘other orders,’ the judge wrote: ‘Def shall not have/buy firearms, surrender any to Glendale PD.’”
It is probably standard language in these threat protective orders that is probably added without much forethought.
However, it was enough authority for Glendale PD to come and take any they found (as in “all”).
Remember, the police do not work for you. They work for the government that hired them to enforce its laws, regulations, etc. All you do is pay the taxes that funds this apparatus.
Actually, a possible counter-move by Mr. Bailey might be to make a similar physical threat accusation against his neighbor, true or not. Seems like it doesn’t take too much “evidence” to get the order. Then the Glendale PD can come visit that man’s home too.