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State Goes After BB Guns: “Young kids can get a felony charge and their lives are basically over”
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In New Jersey, an unregistered BB gun could mean jail time.
That’s right…a BB gun. That iconic, much-desired gift from the movie, A Christmas Story. Apparently the government is just as deeply concerned about the potential of someone putting an eye out with a BB gun as Ralphie’s mother was. They are so concerned that if you don’t register your air gun, pellet gun, or BB gun, you could go directly to jail. Do not stop, do not pass go, do not collect $200.
The Graves Act is the primary statute that forms the spine of New Jersey’s oppressive gun control laws. It requires a minimum term of imprisonment and ineligibility for the violation of gun laws, even for first time offenders. Children are not exempt – they too are subject to strict punishment under the harsh gun control law. Punishable violations under the act include:
- Unlawful Possession of a Machine Gun, Handgun, Rifle or Shotgun, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(a), (b) or (c).
- Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3(b).
- Possession of a Defaced Firearm, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-3(d).
- Possession of a Firearm While in the Course of Committing a Drug Distribution or Possession With Intent to Distribute Offense, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1(a).
- Possession of Certain Weapons by Persons Previously Convicted of Specified Offenses, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(a) or (b)(2).
- The Manufacture, Transport, or Disposition of a Machine Gun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, or Assault Firearm, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9(a), (b), or (g).
- The Defacement of a Firearm, in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-9(e). (source)
Under the Graves Act, all guns must be registered, and this includes BB guns, pellet guns, and air guns, despite the fact that they are not actually “firearms”. According to the ATF,the definition of a firearm is very specific:
“The term “firearm” is defined in the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. Section 921(a)(3), to include “(A) any weapon (including a starter gun), which will, or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon….” Based on Section 921(a)(3), air guns, because they use compressed air and not an explosive to expel a projectile, do not constitute firearms under Federal law — unless they are manufactured with the frames or receivers of an actual firearm. Accordingly, the domestic sale and possession of air guns is normally unregulated under the Federal firearms laws enforced by ATF.” (source)
Despite the fact that it doesn’t fall into the definition, if you’re caught transporting a BB gun in your vehicle, for example, and it’s unsecured and unlicensed, you could face mandatory jail time. Even though these “guns” are powered by air or by spring mechanisms, the Graves Act does not differentiate between a BB gun and a sawed-off shotgun.
“In all honesty, kids who are charged are looking at mandatory jail time,” said New Jersey attorney William Proetta, adding that under the state’s Graves Act, a conviction could lead to prison time. “The only defense is to request a waiver but if that’s not granted, young kids can get a felony charge and their lives are basically over.”
New Jersey’s strict Graves Act gun law covers possession of a BB gun right alongside serious gun control measures outlawing sawed-off shotguns, filing serial numbers off of guns or using firearms to commit crimes. Violating the act can bring a minimum three-year prison term and steep fines. (source)
As with anything, accidents do happen, of course. A ridiculous pro-gun control blog on the New York Times website gleefully outlined death and horrible injuries that occurred with BB guns in response to news reports about the application of criminal charges against unwitting BB, pellet, and air gun owners. In New Jersey, it appears that the 2nd Amendment only applies if you pay them for a registration in order to use that Constitutional right.
So if you happen to live in the state of New Jersey, and you want to put a BB gun under the Christmas tree this year, make your decision with full knowledge of the legal risks you could be facing. They’re working hard to demonize guns there, and your kid could pay the price by being labeled a felon for an innocent childhood rite of passage.
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Remember, HAARP is hitting that part of the US...
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/cold-blast-snow-to-replace-war/21149687
You might want to consider using cash instead of debit cards to prevent something like this happening to you.
There is an awful collusion of
gross negligence now taking
place between TEPCO, the
operators of the Fukushima
nuclear plant in Japan, which
suffered a triple meltdown and
the US Department of Defense.
Once again, as with so much
Once again, as with so much
that is awry in our world, the
exposure to massive liability
will keep both parties lying
through their teeth until they
are successfully sued - and that
is exactly what is 51 US Navy
crew members of the USS
Ronald Reagan are intending
to do.
Crew members, many of whom
Crew members, many of whom
are in their early- and mid-20s,
have been diagnosed with
conditions including thyroid cancer,
testicular cancer and leukemia.
The affected sailors are suing Tokyo
Electric Power Company (TEPCO),
alleging that the utility mishandled
the crisis and did not adequately
warn the crew of the risk of
participating as first responders to
the Japanese victims of the
earthquake and tsunami, which
took roughly 20,000 lives. There
are reports among the 100,000
displaced victims in Japan who
dare to speak out about the
connection between the non-stop
release of of radiation over the
ensuing 3 years and their own
mounting cases of illness are being
threatened with internment in
concentration camps.
To further add insult to injury, the
US Department of Defense is
denying that crew members were
exposed to dangerous radiation
levels.
Charles Bonner, attorney for the
sailors, explains that the USS Reagan,
a Nimitz-Class Supercarrier desalinates
its own water. Crew members were
unknowingly drinking, cooking with,
and bathing in contaminated water,
due to the ship's close proximity to
the disaster site.
The number of plaintiffs in the case
could grow significantly, as 150
additional crew members are currently
being medically screened to join.
The sailors are seeking $40 million
each in punitive damages as well as
a $1 billion fund for future medical
expenses for members of the USS
Reagan.
Interview with Akira Tokuhiro, Nuclear Engineer: Fukushima and the Mass Media, Vivian Norris for Hufffington Post, May 17, 2011:
[...] Fukushima differs from other nuclear reactors in that it uses a dirty fuel or MOX which is banned in many of the countries where nuclear power is a major energy source. My Swedish-Russian nuclear physicist friend is sending me links for reliable radioactivity readings and weather/wind patterns. We must remember some of what is posted on the internet are simulations, not actual readings. But he did add this:
The most terrifying fact is that the Japanese power plants are using ‘dirty’ fuel, which most countries have rejected and banned. Needless to say that the Americans built them. Since the Earth is moving Counterclockwise most of the fall-out will drop on U.S., unless very strong winds take it somewhere else. [...]
http://beforeitsnews.com/health/2013/12/radcon-5-vegas-will-it-stay-in-vegas-2516238.html
Meet the latest unpleasant ObamaCare surprise, right on the heels of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week finally admitting that, contrary to Obama's endlessly repeated promise, "there are some individuals who may be looking at increases" in premiums.
Unrestricted movement is a birthright of our liberty. Even socialized medicine's harshest opponents didn't suspect Washington would trample that freedom.
http://thecommonsenseshow.com/2013/12/18/the-invasion-will-come-from-within/
Considering how often Obama has justified his expansion of executive power on Congress' failure to do his bidding, yesterday's ruling was not only a huge victory for religious liberty, but a huge win for limited government in all spheres as well.
Reports have been coming in from the west coast that the worst chemtrail spraying they have ever seen started Monday and it appears TPTP are setting up a really bad storm from the Midwest to the east coast.
FW: Dec. 18, 2013
The Guardian is reporting that since October, 20 people have died in Madagascar from bubonic plague. Madagascar is the ‘plague capital’ of the world with about 60 deaths a year from the disease.
From the Guardian:
The Pasteur Institute of Madagascar revealed on Tuesday that tests taken from bodies in the village last week showed that they had died of bubonic plague. The institute added it was concerned the disease could spread to towns and cities where living standards have declined since a coup in 2009.
The deaths are doubly concerning because the outbreak occurred both outside the island’s normal plague season, which runs from July to October, and apparently at a far lower elevation than usual.
Bubonic plague (Yersinia pestis) is spread by the fleas from black rats, Xenopsylla cheopis. Black rats are known by various names. Ship rat, roof rat, house rat, Alexandrine rat and old English rat are all names commonly used to describe Rattus rattus, the black rat.
The Rest…HERE
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/obamacare-lump-coal-america-stocking-091500283.html
Radiation in Fukushima groundwater skyrockets 3,500+ times over weekend — Just 5 meters from Pacific Ocean — Nothing being done to stop it flowing into sea
http://enenews.com/radiation-in-groundwater-skyrockets-3500-times-over-weekend-just-5-meters-from-pacific-no-steps-being-taken-to-stop-flow-into-ocean-photo
Gundersen: All of Japan is contaminated, gov’t covering up enormous exposures to public; Epidemic is just beginning — Evacuee: We are in fact dying in Fukushima; What happened to us will soon affect all Japanese people
http://enenews.com/gundersen-all-of-japan-is-contaminated-govt-covering-up-enormous-exposures-to-public-epidemic-is-just-beginning-evacuee-we-are-in-fact-dying-in-fukushima-what-happened-to-us-will-soon-affec
He's out to get vets. Maybe Dave Hodges' latest article is right?
