Freakin’ Nazis. I hate Nazis.
Almost every person caught in a sting claims they were “tricked”. Yea, they are right, they were tricked into revealing their true selves.
Like a rug.
“some high-ranking State Police officer decided to spend valuable man hours and thousands of tax dollars trying to catch an honest citizen selling his gun one day after a law went into effect instead of informing him of the new law”
I wish him luck, but then I remember how much the cops hate people using computers to show others where speed traps are, claiming that driving over the limit and getting a ticket, or seeing someone in that situation, is better for all the individuals concerned and society at large than just slowing down before the speed trap is.
Well, since the supremacy clause says that the laws of the land (Constitution) is the final say, and the definition of Firearm is already in Title 26, 5845, USC, and Title 27 CFR.
One can safely say that they appeals court, Gov Cuomo, and every sitting state rep who voted for this law, can now be charged with overthrowing the United States (for the uninformed) that is treason.
There are people who believe that a police officer has to respond in the affirmative if asked this question.
No, actually, if they are undercover, they are already lying to a person about who they are and what they do, and they will not just suddenly shrug that off and tell.
It's stupid, I know, but it is an old wives' tale that gets around.
I wonder how many involved in this sting were Oath Keepers?