Posted: 1/30/2009 1:58:01 PM EDT
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Was this guy a member here? I searched but did not see it posted yet.
eta-My Real question is..."is 500,000 rounds a lot to arfcommers? seems reasonable for that many guns" New Jersey Troopers Find Huge Weapons Cache link New Jersey state police say they discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and ammunition at the Gloucester County home of a former police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on two troopers. Brian Hinkle, 59, was arrested Monday on charges of aggravated assault after officers went to his home in Franklin Township to investigate a burglary in the area. When they asked him to go to the police station for questioning, authorities said, Hinkle ran into his house and brandished a gun. Police who over the next three days searched Hinkle's house and other buildings on his property say they found 259 firearms and nearly a half-million rounds of ammunition. Hinkle also had a live grenade and several other hazardous items, including a canister of tear gas, authorities said. Officers said they discovered weapons stored in a bunker that Hinkle apparently built out of an old septic tank and some carpeting.....(con'td) |
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1/2 a million rounds is a absolute crap load of ammo to me. I'm still only in the low 5 digit range.
And yes, 500,000 rounds sounds good for almost 300 guns. I have less than 10 guns, so I feel a little bit better about my ammo situation. Although I still need more .223 and 7.62x39, as always. |
, goes POOF & wont pay for legal defense during the epic railroading about be commenced.
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New Jersey state police say they discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and ammunition at the Gloucester County home of a former police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on two troopers. Nationwide CCW for retired police is law now. Tell me again why retired police are more trustworthy than regular citizens when it comes to CCW. At least they got him before he robbed a bank. ETA: We'll see how long it takes for someone to misunderstand the difference between "cop bashing" and "legislation bashing". |
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sounds like there is a lot more to the story than is being told, he must have been off the rocker long before this happend.
500,000/259 is just shy of 2k per gun which is not that much, however, 259 is a lot of guns even for arfcommers,-13 guns a year for 20 years, not out of the ordinary but with such a high number, one of those guns is bound to cause him problems (especially the one he brandished!  )
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New Jersey state police say they discovered a massive arsenal of weapons and ammunition at the Gloucester County home of a former police officer who allegedly pulled a gun on two troopers. This might cause an ARFcom meltdown. What side to take??? To answer the original question, yes, 500K is a shitload of ammo. Is there anything wrong with that? No. Do I wish I had that much ammo? Yes. |
| Of course the standard question is how much of that was .22 lr? Also have to wonder if he is a member of any shooting organiztion that used club ammo for shoots. I would not be surprised if at one time, our 4H club had 5-10 cases of 22 (good sale) - but that is only about 50,000 rounds. Also wonder if he was an FFL at some time and went out of business (or bought out an FFL that was going out of business)- that could defiantly explain his inventory. |
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OK, holding a gun is odd during questioning by officers, but "Brandishing" charges when he was holding the gun in his house?  Typically 'brandishing' charges involve some sort of threatening display of a weapon. For instance, holding a pistol (or knife) at your side isn't 'brandishing', but pointing the gun at someone's head, is. Doesn't matter if you're in your own home, you still can't point a pistol at a someone (with obvious exceptions such as self defense). The better question is how they got into the house. Doesn't sound like they got a warrant (probably did after the brandishing arrest), and it doesn't sound like a 'hot pursuit' or 'exigent circumstances' exception to me. They don't have enough info for an arrest on the burglary charges, but want to question him further. He agrees, but changes his mind (or more likely bluffed them) and runs in the house. So how do you justify kicking in the door after him (assuming that's what happened)? Unless the guy runs into the house, then points a gun at the police from inside, which is possible. Of course there's obviously more going on here, and I'm certainly not going to jump to conclusions based on a news article. |
