Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)- After Shaneen Allen and Brian Aitken, you’d think that officials in New Jersey would have finally figured out that they need to stop persecuting honest gun owners and instead do their job — targeting hardened criminals.
Well apparently not, at least not in Cumberland County.
72-year old retired teacher and military academy graduate Gordon Van Gilder was stopped by a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy for a minor traffic violation. When he volunteered that he had an antique flintlock pistol with him, he was promptly arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, which carries up to a ten-year prison sentence. Van Gilder’s case is currently stalled while prosecutors claim they are doing “ballistics testing” on the 300-year-old, smooth-bore collectible.
For the details of this latest travesty in New Jersey’s relentless assault on law-abiding gun owners and firearms freedoms, watch this hard-hitting story by Ginny Simone of NRA News.
If you’d like to contribute to Mr. Van Gilder’s legal defense fund, you can do so here: https://gogetfunding.com/project/van-gilder-legal-defense-fund
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Charges have been dropped! now there’s a petition to get rid of the sheriff
https://www.change.org/p/calling-for-the-resignation-of-sheriff-robert-austino-cumberland-county-new-jersey-resign
I am glad that I am moving out of NJ between gun laws and taxes.FL looks great.
All states should be like West Virginia. I’m sure most out there saw what happened in the little town of Pinch last week. A Pharmacists pulled his concealed weapon out and shot a robber grave yard dead. All on film and no further investigation needed. And most of all no gun charges. End of story.
West Virginia has the lowest crime rate in the country per capita, and most people have permits to carry and will use them if necessary. Wake up America and smell the gun powder.
Use Jury Nullification and get rid of the BS gun laws.
We should give this state to the stupid liberals and let them take their guns away and sit back and watch what will happen to the defenseless idiots who will surely be ravaged with crime and government tyranny.
When a cop stops you for ‘investigation’ and asks if you have any weapons, kindly remind him that by asking that question he is asking you to waive your Constitutional protections from ‘self-incrimination.
This is what happens when honest citizens meet stupid laws. Why in the world the guy ever volunteered the info during a minor traffic infraction is beyond me. Of course I would never live in a state with such draconian gun laws either.
I live in southern NJ. There is a bit more to this case than is being reported. I suggest withholding comments until all the relevant information becomes available. I wholeheartedly support NJ adopting the federal definition of what constitutes a firearm but this may not be the case to base that desire on.
LMS case plain and simple !
I stopped ‘vacationing’ in New Jersey years ago! It’s because of N.J. Law Enforcement’s lack of discretion in situations like this. These people have a ‘history’.