I move hazmat all the time and many times it comes in blue barrels. I completely agree that it's stupid for NJ to arrest this guy. But if you want to hide a gun in NJ do NOT put it in a blue barrel and go through the Holland Tunnel.
After having spent my first sixty-three years in NJ, I’ve spent the last two years pining away for my home state. But in the last few months, it has become clear to me that it was one of the smartest things we’ve ever done. I wish everyone could have seen how wonderful NJ was to grow up in. But stories like this (which I’m certain is accurate) reinforce for me that we’ll never go back. The saddest thing is that it needn’t have been that way...
Not the best idea by a long shot, no doubt about it.
FWIW I meant ‘probable cause’ but that doesn’t affect your
point in any way.