After reading the article it is apparent that the Marine made several mistakes.
First he had the handgun in his car and accessible to his idiot friend.
Second he was out at 3 AM and got involved in a fight in a club.
Third his Wife and 3 Kids were obviously home without him.
Fourth he didn’t just leave when told to leave.
Finally he let his friend strap on a holster, get the handgun, LOAD the handgun, and then confront police.
Sorry but the guy gets no sympathy from me. Marine, not a Marine, war hero or not he was acting like a thug with thug friends in a thug environment, breaking the law while doing so.
I have a handgun in my vehicle at all times no matter where I go. I don’t break the law, I don’t speed, I don’t drive reckless, I don’t do anything that would cause local law enforcement to look twice at me. I don’t have NRA stickers all over my vehicle, don’t wear an NRA hat - I am just plain as can be.
This whole case has nothing to New Jersey law except he got caught up in it. He should have been home where he belonged and kept his firearm under his control.
“Finally he let his friend strap on a holster, get the handgun, LOAD the handgun, and then confront police.”
Not exactly. The Marine loaded and strapped on the handgun.
His friend pulled it from his holster.