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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Actually they didn’t violate his 2nd amendment rights, they violated his 4th and 5th.
Loose powder does not explode, it burns really fast but unless it is contained it won’t explode.
Why else stockpile ammo
Upon entering the home — which is down the street from P.S. 139 Rego Park — officers spotted the gunpowder and bullets, prompting them to obtain a search warrant and make the discovery.
‘Alone, the amount of gunpowder discovered was capable of igniting and causing significant damage to not only the defendant’s apartment but to neighboring apartments and the building’s exterior walls, as well as injuring or killing anyone unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity,’ Brown said.
Police in NY City have no common sense.
Having 45.000 unsecured rounds is not a good idea, but i realize that the 2nd amendment doesn’t exclude idiots.
How much ammo is to much for a Slave to own ?
To say I’m shocked the police and city lawyers did this is an understatement. Since I’m not an NY lawyer, I don’t see the legal problems. Since when is there a law against the number of ammo and gun’s in the equation for this arrest? Something really stinks concerning all of this.
How much is to much,I thought you could never have enough in these times.
Steve Alwin I’m wondering the same thing. My wife and I shoot between 1200 and 1500 rounds per month at the range. Because of that, I buy large amounts when I can get them on sale, mostly online. I don’t normally have a great deal of them on hand except shortly after they are delivered. My grandson shoots competition in the USPSA. He will normally shoot 1000’s per month by himself. His coach said he shot over 30,000 rds. last year. If the feds think we’re hoarding them instead of using them, are we going to get a surprise visit? I was not even aware there was a limit. I thought this was a free country for law abiding citizens.