I have known or been in touch with this person, Raymond Whitehead, for 13 years. His wife is someone who would not even think of framing him. She loves him dearly, despite his being a bullheaded,I am always right type person. He is not mentally ill. He is an extraordinarily capable blind person, someone who can do a few things even sighted people would have difficulty with. But I have serious doubts about his ability to effectively defend himself with a gun, unless he had the sonar capabilities of a bat. My own opinion is that he was not thinking clearly, since it was only AFTER his arrest that he began investigating the gun laws in NJ. He IS an NRA member, and he should have phoned the NRA before he traveled to NJ, because they would right away have told him to stay out of NJ if he intended to travel with a gun, bullets and knives. He had 3, not 7 knives, and that does make some difference, in my opinion, since 7 makes it sound as if he intended to butcher something.
He has no prior arrests that I know of.
I think the best thing he could do in his situation is say he made some serious mistakes, then shut-up, lay low, and pray that the court will be merciful.
But that's not Raymond's style, and I don't think belligerence and threatening to sue is going to improve his situation.