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.
All gun laws are illegal “shall not be infringed”… All politicians, judges and government employees that support or enforce these illegal laws should be charged with treason.
Take it to the Supreme Court.
65 years old, shot a squirrel, and the Feds make a deal of it,,,people been squirrels for centuries, what a bunch of c**p..time to VOTE them out I tell you,,, I’ll donate to his defense ,,that’s so Socialist and these ding dong ,law enforcement don’t use common since, the law will come back on them
Politicians and law enforcement have to realize that anyone operating outside of the Constitution is breaking the law and committing treason against fellow Americans
They arrested him for shooting a firearm in city limits
NDERSTAND THE 2nd AMENDMENT, THE POWER TO PASS GUN LEGISLATION LIES IN THE STATE. NOT THE FEDERAL GOV’T. I THINK THIS LEGISLATION IS PROBABLY LAWFUL, AND SO WILL BE THE ARRESTS. THE ONLY TRUE RECOURSE FOR CONNETICUTIONS IS GOING TO BE AT THE POLLS, WHERE THEY MAY SIMPLY VOTE IN NEW, PRO-GUN CANDIDATES, AND DEPOSE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANTI-GUN LEGISLATION!
If law enforcement joins in on communist laws then they are communist themselves and should be treated as an enemy of the people. However, in most cities you cannot discharge a firearm inside city limits (unless in defense of your life), so he did a stupid thing and broke a common law. But, discharging of a firearm within city limits doesn’t lead to confiscation, at least i’ve never heard of it. Usually a fine and that’s it. So we have a mixed bag here. Are they taking advantage of a broken civil law to enforce a communist one?
jury nullification !!
All of you are dumb if you think its ok to shoot a squirrel within city limits with anything but a pellet gun … Self defense is one thing but hunting in a residential neighborhood is not cool.
Bad decision.