Posted on 02/16/2016 10:38:00 AM PST by bkopto
Guo Shou, 33, is accused of amassing enough deadly weapons and ammo to take on a small army, according to Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
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In total, he was caught with 14 licensed handguns two loaded, licensed shotguns; one licensed rifle; approximately 45,000 rounds of ammunition for a variety of weapons; 225 pounds of smokeless gun powder stored in various containers and open to view; unassembled parts for an AR-10 and AR-15 assault rifles, three high-capacity magazines - one fully loaded with 20 rounds and each capable of holding in excess of ten rounds of .308 caliber ammunition - two Kevlar body armor vests, six Kevlar armor plates, one ammunition press, numerous primers, empty cartridges, and several other devices and components related to weapons ammunition.
"The defendant is accused of turning his apartment into an arsenal by stockpiling deadly weapons and ammunition - all laying in plain sight and unsecured,†Brown said in a statement. “It is extremely disturbing to find such a lethal arsenal of this magnitude in a residential community - especially one less than two blocks from an elementary school."
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The level of First Amendment freedom exercised here at Free Republic is ‘disturbing’ to many also.
Piker. ..
So? I fail to see the problem.
So ... What are they charging him with?
Having an unlicensed “arsenal”?
45,000 rounds is a good start.
At least his weapons were “licensed” and he stored right minded .308 ammunition...
Seriousy.
How much of what he had was illegal to own?
That’s the bottom line for me.
If none of it is illegal to own, then this guy should have a compelling case against the authorities.
Who are the real gun nuts here? The guy exercising his rights, or the ones obsessed with him.
‘Distrubing’ indeed.
They pretty much had to search the books for something to charge him with:
> 3rd degree criminal possession of a weapon... which sounds to me like an invented charge for the unassembled AR-10/AR-15 parts.
> 1st degree reckless endangerment, which is effectively a trumped up charge for feeling “disturbed.”
My thoughts exactly... Anyone who buys their powder a pound at a time is just throwing money away. And primers... 45,000? Is that suppose to be a lot these days? If he hasn’t got at least a few loaded drum magazines, he won’t be taking on any “small armies” that I know of. And all of his firearms were “licensed”? I don’t even know what that means. Are there places where you have to get a license plate for your gun?
He was caught with licensed guns? Apparently, he was not considered a threat to anyone. At least not before the RATs passed their SAFE law during the darkness.
“Gun nut”?
Nope, no bias there...
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
How many of this Great Republic's >20,000 "gun laws" are Constitutional to enact?
That's the bottom line for me.
A small army would laugh at this arsenal
I’m ashamed to be in the same COUNTRY as New York City.
Is there anyplace in Queens that is more than a couple blocks from a school?
I’m sorry, but...
this type of “arsenal” in the home a law-abiding citizen near my grandchildren’s school give me comfort.
/amicus brief
for me as well
Note you don’t see anyone trying to amend away other amendments, say for civil rights et al.
Speech and Firearms are the enemies of the Left.
Amend at will...
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