[tcostell]

I live in NJ. Recently on gunbroker.com there was a fraud case where a guy from N. Carolina exploited the global shortage of 7.62x39mm ammunition and conned 28 people out of buying some at slightly discounted prices. I (I'm embarrassed to say) was one of those people.

Most of the options for online fraud start with notifying your local police department but after careful consideration I've decided not to do so. I felt I would rather lose the $49 it will cost me than call attention to the fact that I was trying to buy rifle ammunition in bulk.

I've broken no laws, and I'm completely within my rights, even in New Jersey, but I know that the firearms rules change with the political wind here, and I don't want the police showing up to seize my lawfully purchased personal property.

It's particularly risky because my firearm of choice for the 7.62x39mm bullet is a Romanian WASR-10 which to the untrained eye might look a lot like an AK-47. The NJ assault weapons ban is the most horribly written and subjectively enforced regulation in the country and it basically gives the authorities the right to do whatever they want to you.

I'm a prosperous man (that the lord) so I would have the means to battle it out in court if it came to that, and knowing that tends to make the local politicians and police a little more respectful, but I'd rather avoid the hassle all the same.

So thanks to the New Jersey gun laws, yet another criminal gets to go free while a law abiding citizen has to hide from potential persecution.

[Sender]

You did exactly the right thing in not reporting a $49 loss to the NJ authorities. I can only imagine the investigation and headlines that would result.

"NJ man attempts to buy huge cache of deadly assault rifle ammo in shady multistate deal, NC accomplice indicted"