Felon in possession, straight to jail. There should be no probation. Sentence seems to be up to 15 years with a three year minimum if it's actual possession. (Yes, the law makes sense. There is "constructive possession" which simply requires the gun to be at his place or otherwise obtainable by the felon and there is "actual possession" which refers to it being on his person or where he could pick it up. The latter has the minimum, the former does not.)
And even if he beats the New York conviction that doesn't change the fact that he had constructive possession of a firearm as a felon. Florida will probably have to replace DeathSantis with someone more sane to get that prosecuted, though.
Isn't that the same thing the real President's son was just convicted of?
Is it ok to end a question with a preposition?
Could he keep it if it was rendered inoperable?
Very, very different crime.
Hunter Biden was convicted of not admitting to drug use on the background check. It's a moronic law, you can't have a gun if you use drugs. Strangely, though, it only applies to the illegal stuff. You can be loopy on morphine and not be prohibited but a joint once in a while and you are. Totally moronic law, the jury should have nullified.
I had another thought after making my previous post:
Where exactly is felon in possession committed?
When I wrote post #32 I was thinking the offense was committed where the gun is: Florida. Or is it committed where he is? New York? Or perhaps both? Or is it not a crime until he enters Florida?
As for "rendered inoperative"--I don't think so. At a minimum it would require demilling to normal standards (which AFIAK requires the receiver to be chopped into three parts--the stunt some protestors have done of taking a torch and whacking off the barrel of a rifle does not count as destroying it and in fact is very illegal as the result is a NFA-regulated weapon), but I think the law also applies to firearm parts.
