Ping!
What constitutes “illegal possession” in this festering bunghole of a city — simple ownership? Is private ownership of a gun illegal here? How does that square with the Second Amendment?
Uhhhhhhhhh.....
If one calls anonymously, how do they know who to give the money to???
If I hate my neighbor, I’ll stash a Jennings on his property. Not a bad deal.
An AWFUL idea, for a thousand obvious reasons.
It IS a great incentive to set people up, and I can
just see a thousand ways this idea could and will make
things in this area a thousand times WORSE, and MORE complicated, and in fact CREATE a different kind of crime,
with the promise of a quick grand for a little information.
Holy cow...
Hitler, Stalin and Mao would be proud!
There is an excellent chance that any convictions obtained under this Newark program will get tossed by the NJ Supreme Court, never mind the US Supreme Court.
There is an excellent chance this just means he's running for Lautenberg's -- who turns 88 this month -- Senate seat in 2014.
Wouldn’t it be nice to know that the former owner of the mayors house had stashed a gun somewhere and forgotten about it!
How many nanoseconds before a Newark resident offers a reward for an illegal mayor?
“Start Snitchin’!”
I proposed a $5,000 bounty on reporting illegal guns to the new Chief of Police here in Richmond, VA about 5-6 years ago at a meet and greet. He rejected it based on the number of false calls it would generate.
“My neighbor owns a gun. His name is....” BANG!
This is great. One can call the tip line and ensure the place one wants to rob has no means of defending themselves, AND I get a cool grand for it? This really is a win-win.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the Police Unions designed this program as a cash cow for themselves.
Cops in Newark are just another armed gang, granted they are only the second or third strongest gang, but they got the badges.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the Police Unions designed this program as a cash cow for themselves.
Cops in Newark are just another armed gang, granted they are only the second or third strongest gang, but they got the badges.
Welcome to the Peoples Republic of New Jersey.
Didn’t they have these types of informants in various Socialist Nations in the past?
Isn’t this how the NKVD was able to control the citizenry?
What’s to stop someone from informing on someone they don’t like as revenge – irregardless if they have gun?
Do we really want to go down this road?
Want to have some fun with this? Heres how:
First get a piece of crap gun and, if you can, a doobie or two. Plant said items on the property of a City Councilcritter or better yet a Judge. Call tip line and give them this info.
Sit back and watch the hilarity ensue.