[gieriscm]

Bravo-Sierra like this is why I will never set foot in NJ.

[Billthedrill]

"It's a good resolution for everybody," Weintrob said. "Mr. Goldstein will never have those weapons again."

How does confiscation of a perfectly legal shotgun come in as a "good" resolution? Welcome to the Byzantine world of gun control.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The guns were legal and he committed no crime, yet they are STILL going to keep his property and destroy it?

[InABunkerUnderSF]

Notice, one brief mention of the "old hand grenades". Does this mean they were just display or orientation grenades, they kind that don't go boom (to use language the prosecutor might understand.)

As for the shotgun, quote: "Whoever created (the gun), whether it was something manufactured that way or something created (afterward), whoever created it was cognizant of the law," Housel said.

Gee, ya think?

Mossberg Cruiser - 18.5 inch barrel, 12 gauge, six round mag. Perfectly legal.

[JamesP81]

"It's a good resolution for everybody," Weintrob said. "Mr. Goldstein will never have those weapons again."

So, the government of NJ thinks thievery is OK as long as it's the gubmint doing the thieving. I get it....

[SampleMan]

...the reason prosecutors decided to offer a plea deal on lesser charges was that both guns were actually legal.

Good to know that when you are innocent, the government is willing to leat you plea to a lesser charge.

[Eagle Eye]

This is more the type of case I had in mind as well as some of the open carry protesters that get arrested.

[TLI]

Housel said Goldstein did voluntarily register the Uzi under its old classification as a rifle in 1989, but after the law changed in 1990 there was a "grace period for (some) individuals who met certain criteria" to register their Uzis under the new classification as an assault weapon. Goldstein's Uzi was never registered as an assault weapon, Housel said.

creating crime out of thin air... "hey it's just a regestration, like you car. Just common sense, right?"