Looks like we have the first arrest in Connecticut from their hastily-passed, 2nd Amendment-violating gun control law.
Police arrested 65-year-old James Toigo in Milford, Conn., after he shot a squirrel in his yard on Monday.
Officers discovered and confiscated an unregistered “assault rifle” and three “large-capacity magazines.” Cops also seized several other guns that were not used in a crime and were completely legal.
So it begins!
Police arrested a 65-year-old man in Milford, Conn., after he allegedly shot a squirrel in his yard on Monday. Upon further investigation, officers recovered an unregistered “assault rifle” and three “large-capacity magazines.”
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Now James Toigo faces a plethora of gun-related charges, including unlawful discharge of a firearm, cruelty to an animal, first-degree reckless endangerment, second-degree breach of peace, failure to register an assault rifle and three counts of possessing large-capacity magazines.
Under Connecticut’s hastily-passed gun control law, gun owners are required to register their so-called “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines with the state or face a class D felony. Many have argued the law is unconstitutional because gun owners who previously purchased firearms and magazines legally can be retroactively turned into criminals.
Police officers reportedly heard a gunshot nearby while they were directing traffic in the area. Authorities reportedly determined that Toigo shot the squirrel.
The firearm used to shoot the squirrel was not the semi-automatic rifle that police later confiscated. Officers also seized “several” other guns, even though they were not used in a crime and were legal.
“As the investigation progressed the officers seized several firearms from the home for safe keeping,” Officer Jeffrey Nielsen said in a press release. “That included the assault riffle and the three high capacity magazine he did not have registered.”
To reiterate, police confiscated “several” of the man’s other firearms, even though Nielsen admitted the majority of them were registered and legal.
Toigo will not get his guns back until his case is heard. Depending on the outcome of the case, he will then have to petition the police department to get his firearms back.
Toigo is scheduled to appear in court on May 13, the New Haven Register reports.
Well looks to me that the people who lives in Connecticut accepts this as first stage of being over run by gangs of illegal gunslingers.
The Constitution state, I think NOT.
I hope it goes to a higher court and the new law is struck down. (I would have said the Supreme Court, but they belong to the Obama regime.)
UNCONSTITUTIONAL – OUR CONSTITUTION TRUMPS ANY STATE LAW. GO TO HELL CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR.
TIME TO VOTE THEM LIBTARDS OUT
he should sue their ass’s off, for braking federal law.
The confiscation state.
So are they going to start arresting the 68% of the police force who did not register their weapons?
@Danny Jones you must have not read articles stating 90% of each state are defying these asses, even the sheriffs are and sorry most of us here in NY did not vote that commie Cuomo in he used voter fraud through using dead voters and illegals
Unfortunately, states are taking a more polarized approach to gun control. Owners of firearms in THESE states must protect their ANONYMITY rather than to FLAUNT it. Sad, but since no one seems eager to confront this insanity by mass demonstration or by supporting one’s fellow Citizen, we must endure the unendurable.