Gun Talk/ Gun Show thread.

[Pressing-On]

Is a Gun Loaded If the Bullets Are Beside It?

The fact that the cartridge was not inside Dor’s weapon did not stop the state from arguing that Dor should be convicted of carrying a loaded pistol. The relevant law provided that a “loaded pistol or revolver shall include any pistol or revolver with a magazine, cylinder, chamber or clip in which there are loaded cartridges.” Armed with an ambiguous with, the state contended that Dor’s pistol, being “near a cartridge,” was in fact “loaded” for statutory purposes because it was “with” that pistol.

Thankfully, the New Hampshire Supreme Court was having none of it.

http://blog.heritage.org/2013/08/14/...ch-on-gun-law/

Thank God we now have a case precedent for this stupidity.

‘(The law) provides no indication that the legislature intended ‘loaded’ to be defined so broadly as to encompass pistols and revolvers near ammunition,’’ Justice Robert Lynn wrote.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/new...kSK/story.html