Gun owners have to be extra careful these days to avoid not only incurring the wrath of overzealous law enforcement but playing into the hands of the anti-gun crowd as well.
Case in point is Guo Shou, a Queens man who was taken into police custody after authorities exercised a warrant to search his apartment and found a massive arsenal in it. What they found was enough weapons and ammo to “take on a small army”, per Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
Among his inventory were 14 legally-obtained handguns, 2 licensed and loaded shotguns, 1 licensed rifle and around 45,000 rounds of ammo for any number of weapons. He was also found to be in possession of parts that could be assembled into an AR-10 or AR-15 assault rifle as well as several pieces of Kevlar body armor.
While all of Shou’s equipment was legally acquired, police claimed that he failed to store it properly, thus necessitating his arrest.
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Why does he need an arsonal?
He was arrested for exceeding state law regarding the amount of ammunition and the amount of black powder stored at the residence. He may have also broken state law regarding the storage of firearms. They have laws in some states and cities that would never fly in others.
i am glad i do not live there
and yet the government buys ammo for departments of itself that have no need, much less the amount they bought. hypocrisy ?
Why do you not mention the 225 pounds of gunpowder in his apartment?
Justifies the arrest a little too much for ya, huh? Rubs you the wrong way that a gun owner could possibly have done wrong by endangering his entire apartment building and failing in any way to secure his weapons.
How dare they! Muh second amendment right to keep massive amounts of explosives in my rented apartment!
This article emphasizes the ammunition but the more dangerous issue was the 225 pounds of gunpowder that were simply laying around his apartment.
http://www.saami.org/specifications_and_information/publications/download/SAAMI_ITEM_200-Smokeless_Powder.pdf
Well Kyle, the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute recommends that you don’t store smokeless gun powder in any area with solvents, flammable gasses or combustible materials. Definitely none of those in a one bedroom residence in New York.
Moving right along, they recommend that you construct special insulated, vented cabinets so that if your stash does go up they won’t explode. It’s not like the gun powder was just in plain sight, right? Oh wait… many other news outlets make that fact apparent.
The next recommendation is that you check your stash of gunpowder regularly for deterioration. Ah, come on, it’s likely he was looking over all 225 lbs of it regularly! Right?… Okay it’s a bit of a stretch.
In any case, the kicker of this is their recommendation that you follow all regulations in regards to quantity and safety of storage and above all else, DO NOT KEEP ALL YOUR POWDER IN ONE PLACE. Especially not a place as disastrously flammable as a residential building.
http://www.alliantpowder.com/getting_started/safety/storage_handling.aspx#recommendations
“10-3.7 Smokeless propellants intended for personal use in quantities not exceeding 20 lb (9.1 kg) may be stored in original containers in residences. Quantities exceeding 20 lb (9.1 kg), but not exceeding 50 lb (22.7 kg), may be stored in residences if kept in a wooden box or cabinet having walls or at least 1-inc. (25.4-mm) nominal thickness.”
Legally, this guy doesn’t have a leg to stand on. Neither does he have a valid excuse for endangering his apartment building and the surrounding ones. Quit believing what you’re told just because an agreeable outlet said it was true. As in this case, they often leave out inconvenient, crucial facts.
But you CAN have too much gunpowder in one place. I guess you can’t be blamed cus this publication utterly failed to mention the 225 lbs of gunpowder he was keeping in his one bedroom apartment.
It wouldn’t have meshed with their, “THEY TOOK HIM DOWN FOR HIS GUNS!” narrative cus they would’ve had to mention (If they were worth a damn as journalists) that the legal limit for storing gunpowder in a residence is 50 lbs.
He had 225 lbs of gunpowder in his house. This publication didn’t mention that at all. The legal limit you can store at a residence is 50lbs. If that seems small, consider the fact that he lived in a one bedroom apartment. and was likely surrounded by other similar units.
There’s also the fact that he had 225 lbs of gunpowder in his one bedroom apartment. 175 more lbs than his allowed by law.
And I mean… if you think it’s a citizens right to hoard and improperly store explosives right under your feet or above your head… You’re a$#%&!@*idiot.