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.
F’IN’ govt. is askin’ for it !!1
I’d have shot more than the squirrel.
He gave the police a reason $#%&!@*ing dumb ass….
Don’t need to shoot anyone but it is time to tell them that the 2nd amendment has been violated and the police officers should be arrested. They have no right violating the rights of Americans.
This is NOT about hunting squirrels! This is about the Obama Administration and all his cronie followers doing whatever they can to help to destroy the Second Amendment and in turn, control us all!
Does the NRA have a lawyer that could help ?
U.S. CONSTITUTION SUPERSEEDS AND STATE LAW
This is just the start, get ready for more stories like this!
STOP the tyranny NOW
WE ALL NEED TO STAND WITH CN, WE NEED TO STAND STRONG AGAIST THE TYRANNY THAT HAS BECOME THE USA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY!