This is silly.
That’s s perfectly legitimate question.
I’m sure that in discussing this story many FReepers would be curious about the legal status of the citizen/weapon.
How are we to know unless a reporter asks?
Which FreeRepublic are you used to reading?
I’m not familiar with the one that, apparently, concerns itself with paying bribes to obtain permission slips to exercise Constitutional Rights.
The "reporter" becomes a journalist and checks the laws himself? Or has his "news organization" do it for him?