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New Jersey nonsense: Actor faces 10 years in prison for using a prop gun in movie
Hot Air ^ | March 24, 2016 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 03/24/2016 10:14:18 AM PDT by Hojczyk

How insane are New Jersey’s gun laws? Governor Chris Christie has had to issue two general pardons in order to stop or reverse gross miscarriages of justice over nonsensical prosecutions. Will Christie go for the hat trick? Carlo Goias had better hope so, before he does a ten-year stretch in prison because he used a pellet gun while making a film in the Garden State:

Carlo Goias, whose stage name is Carlo Bellario, was charged under New Jersey’s strict gun law. It requires permits for firearms, including the airsoft gun Goias used while filming a car chase scene.

Goias rejected a plea deal offer Tuesday that could have sent him to jail for less than a year. He faces up to a decade behind bars because of prior felony convictions that prosecutors say include theft and burglary.

“I was shooting a movie — I wasn’t committing a crime intentionally,” Goias recently told The Associated Press. “Robert De Niro doesn’t ask Marty Scorsese is if he has gun permits. We’re actors. That’s for the production company to worry about.”

Some state lawmakers say the case highlights the need for New Jersey to change its gun laws. Some say? It’s true that Goias hasn’t exactly been an angel, and with his record, no state would allow him to possess firearms. However, in other states, no one would have accused Goias of doing so.

A pellet gun does not use gunpowder, so it’s not a firearm — except in New Jersey. The Airsoft gun Goias had doesn’t even fire metal pellets — it fires nonlethal plastic pellets under power of compressed air. It’s a prop, not a threat.

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To: Hojczyk

As I said, the left seeks to take guns from non-violent, law-abiding citizens while deliberately leaving them in the hands of violent criminals.


21 posted on 03/24/2016 11:32:58 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. Orwell.)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012
That part of the United States isn't even America.

No offense, but the binding glue in our nation is the US Constitution and both liberals and Republicans are seeing to it to erase that.

So without the Constitution, why shouldn't I regard New Jersey as some weird sub-province of Quebec? It's become "not America" and the people there seem perfectly happy with that. The people there aren't Americans. They're Jersites, or whatever. An alien tribe.

Not saying that New Jersey isn't a lovely place with decent people, mind you.

22 posted on 03/24/2016 11:52:27 AM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: The KG9 Kid

[It’s become “not America” and the people there seem perfectly happy with that]

Actually, most of NJ aren’t happy. The exodus of people leaving is staggering. Those that aren’t are either leeching off the system, or have family or work obligations that make such an escape impossible.


23 posted on 03/24/2016 11:58:56 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt
That's not all, the city councils also feel that they need to "just do something" - years ago the NJ town in which I live decided to stop residents from parking their RV's and extended pickups on the street in front of their homes overnight.

So, make a long story short, they enacted a law against vehicles over a certain length (I think it was 18'). All was well until someone noticed that one of the council members Lincoln was over the limit.

24 posted on 03/24/2016 12:50:54 PM PDT by par4
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To: Hojczyk

The only state where there is a toll to get OUT of the state but not one to get in


25 posted on 03/24/2016 3:28:40 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, obama loves America)
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To: varyouga

How did “The French Connection” get made??? Gene Hackman was lucky he didn’t wind up in the slammer! /s;)


26 posted on 03/24/2016 3:49:56 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: varyouga
NYC is even crazier with prop guns. To shoot a scene in NYC with a realistic gun one must:

Any reason one couldn't use a transparent plastic prop with a few markings on the edges and then digitally edit in a real gun in post?

27 posted on 03/25/2016 12:46:38 PM PDT by supercat (Renounce Covetousness.)
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To: supercat

You can use only a solid green or pink gun without a permit


28 posted on 03/25/2016 12:52:43 PM PDT by varyouga
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