See? This is why I never travel to foreign communist countries like New jersey. They have batshit crazy laws that cannot be reconciled with the US Constitution.
Federal law specifies that antique firearms and black powder weapons are not "firearms" for the purpose of law in the US. So my black powder revolver, made in Italy, is not even a "firearm", much less an illegal one in the US, by definition. In the People's Democratic Republic of New Jersey, however, it would be. it has a serial number, but one imprinted by an Italian manufacturer, not a "Federally licensed" manufacturer, making it "illegal" in that foreign nation that New jersey has become.
The original of this revolver, the one it was copied from, was made by a Confederate gun manufacturer. So, even though the original also has a serial number, again it was not a "Federally licensed" gun manufacturer, as 160 years ago, it too was made in a foreign nation, not the US. It was only in 1865 or so, after a violent invasion, that the US annexed that foreign nation and made it "America" too... but the pistol had already been made in a foreign land.
So, New Jersey can kiss my ass. There are better, more sane, places to spend my money, and I have no desire to travel there. If such lunacy comes to my country, then I'll handle that when it comes. They're welcome to try to come and arrest me for having it. Should be a fun contest for a few minutes, and I don't have that long left on this clown-world rockball anyhow. Certainly not long enough to put up with being enslaved. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Federal law specifies that antique firearms and black powder weapons are not "firearms" for the purpose of law in the US. So my black powder revolver, made in Italy, is not even a "firearm", much less an illegal one in the US, by definition. In the People's Democratic Republic of New Jersey, however, it would be. it has a serial number, but one imprinted by an Italian manufacturer, not a "Federally licensed" manufacturer, making it "illegal" in that foreign nation that New jersey has become.
The original of this revolver, the one it was copied from, was made by a Confederate gun manufacturer. So, even though the original also has a serial number, again it was not a "Federally licensed" gun manufacturer, as 160 years ago, it too was made in a foreign nation, not the US. It was only in 1865 or so, after a violent invasion, that the US annexed that foreign nation and made it "America" too... but the pistol had already been made in a foreign land.
So, New Jersey can kiss my ass. There are better, more sane, places to spend my money, and I have no desire to travel there. If such lunacy comes to my country, then I'll handle that when it comes. They're welcome to try to come and arrest me for having it. Should be a fun contest for a few minutes, and I don't have that long left on this clown-world rockball anyhow. Certainly not long enough to put up with being enslaved. Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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