Thanks for the update.
You make a good point concerning the drawbacks of malicious flaunting, but my interest in this case concerns the officer’s/law’s behavior which is obviously not on trial. I have yet seen anything by OCT that troubles me especially the replicas.
As a side note, not all black powder pistols and rifles are alike in their treatment under the Federal and State laws. Some of these weapons are still classified as firearms subject to certain laws whenever they use fixed ammunition, whereas cap and ball weapons may not be treated as a firearm subject to those laws. In other cases a replica is treated differently than an original antique. LEOs have not infrequently been unable to recognize the differences in these laws and have acted accordingly.