re: CRob and Hootie Jones arrested

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That would be the best outcome.

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There's also this:

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2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 14:69.1 — Illegal possession of stolen firearms

§69.1. Illegal possession of stolen firearms

A. Illegal possession of stolen firearms is the intentional possessing, procuring, receiving, or concealing of a firearm which has been the subject of any robbery or theft under circumstances which indicate that the offender knew or should have known that the firearm was the subject of a robbery or theft.

B. Whoever commits the crime of illegal possession of firearms shall be punished as follows:

(1) For a first offense, the penalty shall be imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not less than one year nor more than five years.

(2) For second and subsequent offenses, the penalty shall be imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not less than two years nor more than ten years.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 116, §1; Acts 2001, No. 403, §1, eff. June 15, 2001.

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Seems like the state has one hell of a burden to make a case in a situation like this. How do they prove someone KNEW or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN for a fact that a weapon was stolen?

I don't hang out with criminal elements, but wouldn't it hurt your sales pitch to say "Hey baw, I stole this gun from the pawn shop downtown. It works just fine."