Retired NJ teacher faces 10 years in prison for an unloaded flintlock gun.

[Mentia]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/18...man-in-prison/

NJ may also take away his pension that he earned.
Very disturbing, especially since pre 1900 guns are not considered firearms by the US government.

[Blade Wolf]

"Apparently there must be a lot of drive-by flintlock shootings in North Jersey."

- Gordon Van Gilder

Best line ever.

[Ciddy]

That's retarded. Reminds me a bit of how the "zero tolerance" policies in schools go too far sometimes.

I hope the guy doesn't end up doing time over this.

[Conspicuous Cultist]

"Apparently there must be a lot of drive-by flintlock shootings in North Jersey."

- Gordon Van Gilder

Best line ever.

*Drives by*

EAT SOME LEAD!

*Misfires*

Shit.

[KrazyK923]

Something something Chris Christie, amirite?

Isn't that how it works when stuff happens in states with non-Republican governors?

For srs though, this is straight up derp mode. I'm a big advocate for gun control but I'm pretty sure this guy isn't going to be hurting anybody with his old ass gun.

[HAcoreRD]

*Drives by*

EAT SOME LEAD!

*Misfires*

Shit.

My new dream is a drive by of Red Coats with Muskets. Oh the glory, oh the 15+ second reload times

[Independent voter]

When I read these stories I wonder if there's any more to them like he was having sex with a married woman and her husband turned him in or something.

[Mentia]

I wonder if I built a trebuchet that the goverment would label me as a terrorist with weapons of mass destruction.

[Tinykong]

Careful, he might be able to retrieve the weapon from the glove compartment, unscrew the barrel, load some powder, shot, rethread the barrel and prepare the flint before you have a chance to get into your car and drive 2 miles away if he intends to rob you.

[Deleted]

That gun is prolly more dangerous if used as a club by now. Zero tolerance - Zero sense.

I hope the charges are dropped, way to scam a productive member of society out of his pension.

[Conspicuous Cultist]

I wonder if I built a trebuchet that the goverment would label me as a terrorist with weapons of mass destruction.

To be fair if you used the corpses of rotten cows I'm sure that would get you labeled as a bio-terrorist.

Careful, he might be able to retrieve the weapon from the glove compartment, unscrew the barrel, load some powder, shot, rethread the barrel and prepare the flint before you have a chance to get into your car and drive 2 miles away if he intends to rob you.

It happened to be raining that day.

[Captain N]

We live in a society that attempts to put criminal charges on children who throw snowballs at school and we're surprised that someone went overboard into Crazy Land over an antique pistol?

[Conspicuous Cultist]

We live in a society that attempts to put criminal charges on children who throw snowballs at school and we're surprised that someone went overboard into Crazy Land over an antique pistol?

That's a thing?

Who the fuck are these people and how did they live past the age of 13?

[Rukh]

When I read these stories I wonder if there's any more to them like he was having sex with a married woman and her husband turned him in or something.

Its from Fox news, it's almost guaranteed you're not getting the full story.

[ringpriest]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/18...man-in-prison/

NJ may also take away his pension that he earned.
Very disturbing, especially since pre 1900 guns are not considered firearms by the US government.

That was the first thing that popped into my head when I say the thread title. I own several classic black-powder weapons myself, and find occasional amusement in the fact that they're legally not firearms - they're "antique firearms" and, the latter is emphatically not a sub-class of the former.

My guess (confession: without reading TFA) is that a local prosecutor is over-reaching and/or doesn't understand the law.

[time0ut]

My guess (confession: without reading TFA) is that a local prosecutor is over-reaching and/or doesn't understand the law.

TFA says that New Jersey doesn't exempt antiques from their laws.

I've never been to New Jersey and don't plan on ever going, but their gun laws seem to indicate that most people there are brain dead idiots who elect even more brain dead idiots.

[Deleted]

My new dream is a drive by of Red Coats with Muskets. Oh the glory, oh the 15+ second reload times

That's how the revolution was won, didn't you know. Common core really has fucked up education.

[Daelak]

Careful, he might be able to retrieve the weapon from the glove compartment, unscrew the barrel, load some powder, shot, rethread the barrel and prepare the flint before you have a chance to get into your car and drive 2 miles away if he intends to rob you.

Where was the good minuteman with a flintlock rifle?

[breadisfunny]

it's still a weapon.

[Daelak]

We live in a society that attempts to put criminal charges on children who throw snowballs at school and we're surprised that someone went overboard into Crazy Land over an antique pistol?

Damn liberals making this place a nanny-hell-hole. If I want to pelt my neighbors annoying children at the bus stop with iceballs loaded into a paintball gun, then I should have every right to.