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Fisherman reels in gun from Hudson River
upi ^ | Nov. 7, 2010

Posted on 11/07/2010 2:49:02 PM PST by JoeProBono

JERSEY CITY, N.J.- New Jersey authorities say they are checking a barnacle-encrusted gun fished out of the Hudson River for a connection to any crimes.

Jersey City police said a 71-year-old man was fishing off a pier facing Lower Manhattan Wednesday when he reeled in a .32-caliber semiautomatic handgun, The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, N.J., reported.

The fisherman carried the gun to a nearby hotel, where a doorman told him to drop the weapon, reports said. The man complied and went back to fishing.

Police say the gun was partially covered with duct tape and had barnacles on it. They interviewed the fisherman, relying on his son as an interpreter because he speaks only Chinese, reports said.

Hudson County First Assistant Prosecutor Guy Gregory said Friday his office and the Jersey City police are investigating.


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To: tumblindice

That Beretta is really accurate ... my brothers were hitting cans 100 feet out ... so, putting white-out on the front sight helps? I read some books where it says you should have the front sight sharp and let the target get fuzzy, just concentrate on the front sight ...


61 posted on 11/07/2010 4:50:16 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Don't Read The News You're Uninformed, If You Do Read The News You're Misinformed")
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To: Still Thinking

“...boating-related gun collection losses I’ve heard bewailed here on FR. “

I didn’t believe those stories until the very same thing happened to me!


62 posted on 11/07/2010 5:08:50 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
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To: UCANSEE2

Anything interesting in the barrels like radioactive sludge or human remains?


63 posted on 11/07/2010 5:23:51 PM PST by cajuncow
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To: Red_Devil 232

64 posted on 11/07/2010 5:36:19 PM PST by Bartholomew Roberts
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To: JoeProBono
Looks like my uncle Vito's old piece.

Come to think of it, where is uncle Vito's old piece...?

65 posted on 11/07/2010 5:56:20 PM PST by InABunkerUnderSF (Anyone who has read Roman history knows a barbarian invasion when they see one.)
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To: JoeProBono
Yes, my wife's carry gun is a Bersa .380. I think it's just about at the bottom for self-defense, but after her shoulder surgery she can't handle anything bigger. Better it than nothing.
66 posted on 11/07/2010 6:01:51 PM PST by JoeFromSidney ( New book, RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. More @ www.book-resistancetotyranny.com)
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To: JoeProBono

Disappointed Joe, mine’s 95%.


67 posted on 11/07/2010 6:23:53 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Pablo lives jubtabulously!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I’d rather carry a 22rimfire...and I do! :)


68 posted on 11/07/2010 6:47:53 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: JoeProBono

Thank you for the wonderful photo.


69 posted on 11/07/2010 7:10:02 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: henry_reardon

70 posted on 11/07/2010 7:16:41 PM PST by B4Ranch (Conflict is inevitable; Combat is an option. Train for the fight.)
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To: All

We found an old .45 when I was in middle school. We were skating on the local pond when one of us chased the puck into the grass and he pulled out a gun.. it had rounds in the magazine but had probably been in the mud for 20 years or so.
We took it to the local cop’s house and left it with his wife and went back to business of winning the stanley cup..


71 posted on 11/07/2010 7:24:43 PM PST by newnhdad (The longest of journeys begins with one step.)
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To: JoeFromSidney

Dip the bullets in tetrodotoxin. Shoot, then you can even use a .25; it’ll at least break the skin.


72 posted on 11/07/2010 8:04:42 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: JoeProBono

Is that a revolver?


73 posted on 11/08/2010 3:04:30 AM PST by namvolunteer (We draw the Congressional districts this time)
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To: UCANSEE2
I have a magnet that was part of the radar on a commercial airliner...

We had a display in our Air Force dorm room...several klystron magnets from the F-4. Anyone that drank a beer...and they came from far and wide to do so... flipped the cap at it. It was pretty cool to watch it reach out and grab one passing by at 6 inches. The brass were not impressed by it.

74 posted on 11/10/2010 12:39:29 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: wtc911
Both magnetism and gravity, two of the most basic elements of our planet, are not completely understood. ______________________________________ And red-haired Romanian women, don't forget them.

Thanks a lot... gotta start over on my Unified Field Theory.

75 posted on 11/10/2010 12:43:24 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: R W Reactionairy
Transporting a firearm anywhere except directly to and from hunting or target practice, or directly to / from your residence to a business for purposes of repair or sale is a felony in New Jersey.

What?????

Or rather: what part of "shall not be infringed" do they not comprehend? More to the point: has anyone challenged this law since the last SCOTUS decision?

You have to understand: coming from a state with sane, rational firearms laws - this sounds utterly insane and irrational.

76 posted on 11/10/2010 12:45:18 PM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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To: gundog

Wanna see my notes...they’re illustrated...


77 posted on 11/10/2010 1:56:35 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: andy58-in-nh
I formerly did, but currently do not live in Jersey. It goes without saying that the states weapon and firearms laws are crazy.

The provision in state law I called out IMO is not the worst weapons law in the state. That “honor” would go to the outlawed slingshot. Per guide written by Nappen the moron who wrote the law wanted to outlaw something called a “slungshot” which is a term equivalent to a blackjack - a contrivance with a stout weight enclosed in something like a sock. In drafting the law someone misspelled it as “slingshot.” Many years have passed ... and it still a felony to possess a slingshot in the Garden State.

78 posted on 11/10/2010 10:32:23 PM PST by R W Reactionairy ("Everyone is entitled to their own opinion ... but not to their own facts" Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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