Posted on 08/28/2008 7:20:21 PM PDT by marktwain
A Pennsylvania man was injured in an accident in Westampton Tuesday and then charged with unlawful possession of a loaded handgun, police said.
According to investigators, Gary Jones, 30, of Glenside, Pa. was the driver of a vehicle that collided with another car yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Springside and Valley Farm Roads.
Following the 4:21 p.m. accident, officers located a 10 mm handgun in the console of Jones car, police said. The gun was loaded with hollow-point bullets, police said. Jones had a permit to carry the weapon in Pennsylvania, but New Jersey law does not permit him to bring the gun to New Jersey, police said.
Jones, who required medical treatment for head, neck and leg injuries, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of penetrating bullets. He was released on undisclosed bail conditions, police said.
Motorists in the second vehicle - driver Dana Brown, 32, and passenger Mila Brown, 7, both of Willingboro - also suffered injuries in the accident. Police did not specify if they were taken to a hospital and their conditions were not available.
He’s toast!!
First the the pistol, than hollow points too.
Thats why I don’t go to Jersey any more.
Jack
Jones, who required medical treatment for head, neck and leg injuries, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of penetrating bullets.
If he’d only carried NON-penetrating bullets then he might’ve gotten off with a warning.
From the ubiquitous Wikipedia:
A hollow point, also called a hollow tip, is a bullet that has a pit or hollowed out shape in its tip, generally intended to cause the bullet to expand upon entering a target in order to decrease penetration ...Your Honor, obviously the law is counterintuitive and therefore unenforceable.
Jones, who required medical treatment for head, neck and leg injuries, was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun and possession of penetrating bullets.
Errrr...hollowpoints are frangible. That's why their better for defensive situations. They're less likely to penetrate a wall and hit an innocent bystander.
Full metal jacketed rounds are non frangible. They penetrate rather than shatter in a wall or other barrier.
Either the police spokesman or the reporter is an idiot.
Adolf Hilter would be proud of the Garden State.
I wonder if he consented to a search or if the officer took it upon himself to search the console?
Boy, those reciprocity laws can be a PITA.
Yep. NJ and the Dems lie about hollow points. Why do you think police use them.. They are made to NOT penetrate the target. LIES< LIES and more lies or just plain stupid.
Yep. NJ and the Dems lie about hollow points. Why do you think police use them.. They are made to NOT penetrate the target. LIES< LIES and more lies or just plain stupid.
Yep. NJ and the Dems lie about hollow points. Why do you think police use them.. They are made to NOT penetrate the target. LIES< LIES and more lies or just plain stupid.
Yep. NJ and the Dems lie about hollow points. Why do you think police use them.. They are made to NOT penetrate the target. LIES< LIES and more lies or just plain stupid.
I carry wherever I go. I could give a rat’s petuty what any libtard state has to say.
New Jersey's laws are the stuff that George Orwell wrote about.
You're not quite right Grizzled Bear...
Here's one definition of "frangible":
A material is said to be frangible if through deformation it tends to break up into fragments, rather than deforming plastically and retaining its cohesion
Hollowpoints are normally designed NOT to "break up into fragments", but rather to EXPAND.
"Mag Safe" makes rounds loaded with frangible bullets, while Golden Saber, Gold Dot, HydroShock, etc., are not.
I know I do.
or as ole Harry Callahan said...'the law is STUPID'...
Quick, we need to ammend NJ law [snicker snort] penetrating...COP KILLER ...
1) Why were the police in the console of the guy’s car? I don’t see how having a wreck could give the police permission to search the car.
2) WTF are “penetrating bullets”? If anything, hollowpoints would be the opposite of that. Does New Jersey ban hollowpoints in carry weapons?
3) According to my reciprocity list, NJ doesn’t recognize any other state’s carry permits. So if the guy goes back and forth regularly he should probably get an NJ nonresident permit. My sheet says NJ has “very restrictive” nonresident issue policies. Anyone from that area know how tough it would have been for this guy to get an NJ permit to cover his bases?
Maybe all of the gun owner associations should start a letter writing campaign vowing to not travel to NJ until they institute reasonable firearm transportation laws and grant CCW reciprocity.
Not granting reciprocity with at the very least bordering states is just asking to imprison innocent persons (accidental offenders).
Not true legally, maybe tactically. Fed law would trump NJ law and Fed law allows for transport from a state approving gun possession to a state approving gun possession. Too bad for NJ you're passin' thru.
Depends on who you’re asking.
Either to stop penetration, or, make a larger exit wound than the entry wound.
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