Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Apartment tenants told they must get rid of their guns or move. [View all]dballance
(5,756 posts)If your landlord enters your dwelling legally or illegally (but not at the behest of the authorities) and sees illegal activity taking place they can most certainly call the police. Then the police have a reason to present to the judge for a warrant. The same goes for any building maintenance people or outside vendors who do work there.
All the landlord has to do is say "I was in there for a repair" or "I smelled smoke" or "I accidentally entered the wrong apartment" or some similarly "reasonable" excuse for being in there to keep him/herself out of trouble with privacy and renters' rights laws. Whether or not the landlord is lying it has no bearing on the police actions. If they get an unsolicited tip from your landlord, then get a warrant and do a legal search they're in compliance with the 4th. Any illegal activity they find is subject to prosecution.