As a result of his state’s restrictive gun-possession laws, a 72-year-old retired schoolteacher in New Jersey faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence and the loss of his pension for transporting an unloaded antique flintlock pistol in his car. Gordon Van Gilder, a collector of 18th-century memorabilia, said he had the gun unloaded and wrapped in a cloth in the glove compartment of his vehicle when he was stopped for a minor traffic violation by a Cumberland County sheriff’s deputy in November, according to an interview and video posted last week by NRA News.
After consenting to a search of his vehicle, Van …read more
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