{"id":1412,"date":"2015-02-26T04:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T04:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2015\/02\/26\/finally-someone-acted-like-adult-in-new\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:25:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:25:13","slug":"finally-someone-acted-like-adult-in-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1412","title":{"rendered":"Finally, Someone Acted Like An Adult In New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10891,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\\\/news\\\/breaking\\\/retired-cumberland-teacher-faces-jail-for-having--year-old\\\/article_6b1aa3a2-bac0-11e4-a868-e3f91771ea20.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/pressofatlanticcity.com\\\/news\\\/breaking\\\/retired-cumberland-teacher-faces-jail-for-having--year-old\\\/article_6b1aa3a2-bac0-11e4-a868-e3f91771ea20.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10892,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nj.com\\\/cumberland\\\/index.ssf\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/suspicious_activity_in_drug_area_led_to_antique_gu.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10893,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nj.com\\\/salem\\\/index.ssf\\\/2015\\\/02\\\/former_teacher_charged_with_possession_of_antique.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe prosecution of Gordan Van Gilder for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressofatlanticcity.com\/news\/breaking\/retired-cumberland-teacher-faces-jail-for-having--year-old\/article_6b1aa3a2-bac0-11e4-a868-e3f91771ea20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">possession of an antique flintlock pistol<\/a> was a travesty from the start. This was compounded when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/cumberland\/index.ssf\/2015\/02\/suspicious_activity_in_drug_area_led_to_antique_gu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cumberland County (NJ) Sheriff Robert Austino tried to smear<\/a> the retired school teacher by saying he was arrested in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/salem\/index.ssf\/2015\/02\/former_teacher_charged_with_possession_of_antique.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;known drug area&#8221; while trying to buy drugs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, this afternoon Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae showed some sense and used her prosecutorial discretion to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/vangilder.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/vangilder.jpg\" height=\"640\" width=\"494\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think we would have seen this happen without the pressure brought to bear based upon the peculiar circumstances of this case. It was ridiculous from the start and the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office knew it. They were the ones left to clean up the mess left by New Jersey law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Now it is time as some New Jersey legislators have suggested to clean up the law. While I would love to see the entire law scrapped, I know that isn&#8217;t going to happen. At best, the definition of a firearm will be brought in line with that of the Federal law and pre-1898 firearms will be excluded.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prosecution of Gordan Van Gilder for possession of an antique flintlock pistol was a travesty from the start.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2324,420,403],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gordan-van-gilder","tag-new-jersey","tag-stupidity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10229,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions\/10229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}