Lamont Anderson was walking in Ocean County Park in Lakewood in March last year when he came upon an unusual find — a loaded machine gun.The government sure takes its monopoly of power serously, doesn't it? Would that We the People put a fraction of that jealous attention into guarding the public liberty...
Instead of notifying police, Anderson picked it up, put it in his waistband and went about his business, authorities said...
"You're lucky you weren't shot on the spot when they (the police) saw it in your waistband," [Superior Court Judge James N.Citta] told Anderson.
"It really is an act of stupidity," [Ocean County prosecutor John Foti] said to the judge, adding that a jail term might "get (Anderson's) attention."
Citta sentenced Anderson to 90 days in the Ocean County Jail and placed him on probation for three years.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Just So We're Clear on What "Keep and Bear" Means...
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One has to wonder why the judge and the prosecutor shouldn't be the ones to consider themselves "lucky".
I was trying to figure out what crime could have been committed.
Was he accused of theft? I mean the weapon was apparently abandoned.
It did not make sense, then I saw that the story was from NJ. It all just clicked, the serfs are not allowed to be armed, the nerve of this guy!
Good thing they put this guy in his place right away! There's no telling what'll happen if people start getting all "upity" an try exercising their Constitutional rights 'n' stuff...
I'm not an armorer nor a qualified firearms expert, but I've never heard of a .22 caliber machine gun that will fit in your waistband. What was it, a sawed-off American 180? Or do the press and judges of NJ just not know what a machine gun is?
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