Drunk man busted in NYC subway station with bizarre homemade gun hidden in pants: cops

NY Post ^ | 1/16/2023 | Tina Moore, Joe Marino, Amanda Woods

[ClearCase_guy]

“My name is Melvin Montoya. You drank my Thunderbird. Prepare to die.”

[Tijeras_Slim]

LOL

[BereanBrain]

how is it gas operated if it’s one shot?

I smell bs

[dsrtsage]

“ “My name is Melvin Montoya. You drank my Thunderbird. Prepare to die.”

That’s inconceivable!

[PGR88]

I hear the name “Montoya,” and I will think of that until the day I die.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

To me, it looks like a gas valve from a furnace or water heater. Arrest him? Sheesh, the man should praised for taking the initiative to remove his gas appliances, cutting childhood asthma, saving the earth and recycling the used metal parts.

[Steely Tom]

Be funny to see Detective Wojciehowicz bring Melvin Montoya in to the 12th Precinct.

[dynachrome]

“gas-operated”

Maybe it could be a flamethrower, too.

[TonyinLA]

I give up...Hilarious thread ;-)

[Bonemaker]

ZIP guns are back. American ingenuity!😀

[Olog-hai]

“Is that a homemade rifle in your pants or ar you just happy to see us?”

[wally_bert]

Barney Miller was a great sitcom.

One of my all time favorites.

[simpson96]

LOL

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You have to keep moving your lips when you say this. That’s the 70s-era Ninja movie rules.

[SpaceBar]

It appears to be only set on stun.

[reg45]

I suspect that the gun uses compressed gas as a propellant.

[alternatives?]

Wouldn’t the prosecutor have to prove it is a gun? That might be difficult.

[Noumenon]

That’s a chupacabra launcher. Anyone could see that. Ammo’s a little hard to come by, I’m told.

[Openurmind]

“I suspect that the gun uses compressed gas as a propellant.”

Me too. Which would essentially make it a paintball gun. Not illegal to own or carry in any case I heard of. Not even for a felon. They are just making up laws that aren’t even on the books by using deceptive descriptions.