Retired 72 year old teacher faces 10 years for having antique flintlock pistol

[ShootSpeeders]

Liberals are saying - '"tough titties - he broke a gun law", Well - so did super-liberal newsreader david gregory when he waved an illegal gun magazine on TV a couple years back. But nothing was done to him.

New Jersey gun control Van Gilder flintlock pistol

feb 15 2015
When a 72-year-old retired school teacher faces a 10 year felony sentence (a likely life sentence) for possession of an unloaded 18th century flintlock pistol, one knows immediately that we can only be talking about a handful of states in which such a travesty can happen. In this case, not surprisingly, it’s the “Garden State” of New Jersey.

Gordon Van Gilder, who taught in the New Jersey school system for 34 years, is a collector of 18th century memorabilia. He acquired a genuine antique flintlock pistol from that era, and had it unloaded and wrapped in a cloth in his glove compartment when he was pulled over for an alleged minor traffic violation.


Van Gilder consented to a requested search of his vehicle, and when asked by the officer if there was anything in the car the officer should be worried about, Van Gilder informed him about the flintlock in the glove box. Although not arrested that day, the next morning several patrol cars woke him at his home and placed him under arrest.

New Jersey’s draconian gun laws explicitly include antique firearms such as this 300-year-old pistol. Indeed, possession of a slingshot is a felony under New Jersey law.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Indeed, possession of a slingshot is a felony under New Jersey law.]

Can that be true? A little research tells me yes. You can get 18 months (which makes it a felony) for having a slingshot in NJ

Four Ways to Commit Weapons Offenses in New Jersey - Law Firm The Law Offices of Palumbo Renaud Attorneys Cranford New Jersey

 

[depotoo]

Sad and ridiculously true.

N.J.A.C. 13:54-1.3 Firearm identification card or permit to purchase required
(a) No person, other than a licensed or registered retail or wholesale dealer, shall receive, purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle, shotgun or antique cannon, other than an antique rifle or shotgun, unless that person possesses and exhibits a valid firearms purchaser identification card.
No person shall sell, give, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of a rifle, shotgun or antique cannon, other than an antique rifle or shotgun, to a person other than a licensed or registered retail or wholesale dealer unless the buyer or receiver possesses and exhibits a valid firearms purchaser identification card.

No person shall sell or acquire a sawed-off shotgun.


Antique hand guns have not been exempted from the need to follow the regular handgun ownership requirements.

To get more information from the state go to:

New Jersey State Police - New Jersey Firearm Laws

 

[ScienceRocks]

Sounds like nazi germany.

 

[ShootSpeeders]

Now you see why chris christie is a super-rino. NJ is a nutter state. We can't let him run in 2016.