CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST 72-YEAR-OLD NJ MAN WITH FLINTLOCK PISTOL

BREITBART ^ | 02/25/15 | AWR Hawkins

[SWAMPSNIPER]

On February 17, Breitbart News reported that 72-year-old Gordon Van Gilder was facing felony charges for having an unloaded flintlock pistol in his car.

On Wednesday, The Daily Journal reported that charges against Van Gilder had been dropped.

[marktwain]

The Gun Culture exerts its power for common sense.

[Yo-Yo]

I guess the ballistics report on the flintlock came back clean.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Chris Christie waited far too long, to issue a pardon in this case.

He should have been all over this, the first night.

This is a good development, But no Christie.

[kiryandil]

New Jersey poleeces later found a flintlock speedloader in his vehicle, and re-instated the charges...

[driftdiver]

Did he have a high capacity magazine for it?

/s

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I don't trust Christie any farther than I can throw him.

I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM!.

[BigCinBigD]

Good. Never know when you might need to kill a Redcoat.

[Popman]

Darn...you beat me to that comment...

[teeman8r]

This proves that the second amendment applies only to musketsand flintlocks.

[Clean_Sweep]

A google of Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae brings up a few different law suits.

http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2013/11/adult_boutique.html

[Azeem]

It doesn’t say if the gun was returned (or I just missed it at this early hour). I’m sure someone at the Po Po was looking to take the flintlock home when the old man was sent to prison.

[RipSawyer]

Was it an ASSAULT flintlock?

[Fiddlstix]

..Was it an ASSAULT flintlock?..

Yes! A fully automatic with high capacity clip included.

[Ken H]

I don't trust Christie any farther than I can throw him.

I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM!.

Same here. I won't throw him, either:)

[RipSawyer]

Sounds like a twelve gag rifle to me.

[Flag_This]

They wouldn’t have arrested him in the first place, but the flintlock had a bayonet lug, a flash suppressor AND a selector switch; so really, their hands were tied.

[jocon307]

Thank heavens!

[MuttTheHoople]

Good. Never know when you might need to kill a Redcoat.

[momtothree]

Thank goodness! I am very happy this man doesn’t have to face what could have been a life sentence for something so STUPID! My prediction, however, is they dropped the charges if he agreed to surrender the gun.