chocobrobobo t1_iujljqb wrote on October 31, 2022 at 8:38 PM

Reply to comment by mailboxfacehugs in Texas woman who pulled BB gun on man didn’t want to go to Walmart, PD says by catchpen

35,000 for pointing a BB gun at your lover in a parking lot. I mean shit, state getting that much money, I expect to have a cop sitting in my bushes waiting for me to point a squirt gun at my kids.

We all know it's not lethal, but really, the suggestion of a threat of using a weapon in a public environment? You owe the state 5K son.

killaho69 t1_iuk0n89 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:29 PM

Bond money gets refunded. That's why a bail bondsman will bail you out for 10%. Your bond is $30k, so you give them 3k, they front the 30k. They get the 30k, and keep your 3k.

Sure, you're out 3k, but you didn't have to put up 30k either.

chocobrobobo t1_iuk23mn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:40 PM

-_- up to this moment I didn't understand how bails work, nor bail bonds. Thanks for the response. Yeah, putting a 30k bond on someone in this situation is surely going to cost them more money than will be comfortable for them, even if it's just the 3k to a bondsman. Guess the government doesn't make any money on bail, at least in theory. Unless people don't show. In which case, bummer for that loved one that paid, or for the bondsman.

killaho69 t1_iuk2e2l wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:43 PM

Lol yeah if I got a 30k bond, there would be no loved ones bailing me out. I’d have to direct the bail bondsman to my own savings account or credit card.