Ridiculous.  What a dangerous place:

I get it… “laws are laws” and “ignorance of the law is no excuse”, but I really don’t see the point in ruining someones life over things like this.  I really hope that there are cops in New Jersey who low key tell people “I’m not supposed to do this but, please get back in your car immediately and drive out of NJ.  This is in your own best interest TRUST ME, having that handgun here is not good for your freedom”.  That would be nice.

There are a lot of terrible stories about how NJ ruined people’s lives over minor gun stuff.  You might remember Brian Aitken’s story I blogged about a while back.  Luckily Brian ended up getting his sentence commuted… but even the fact he spent 1 minute in jail is insane.

Thoughts?