Grenade launcher among items seized in New Jersey arrest

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2009/08/grenade_launcher_among_items_s.html

Grenade launcher among items seized in Glassboro arrest
by Pete McCarthy, The Gloucester County Times
Friday August 14, 2009, 4:58 PM

GLASSBORO -- A grenade launcher is what a 50-year-old borough man was trying to sell to an undercover officer when he was arrested this week, state police said Friday.

Horace Dixon Jr. was apprehended in the parking lot of a Glassboro bowling alley on Thursday after ramming his vehicle into an unmarked police car. There were no injuries in the crash.

The man was trying to escape after being caught in the act, according to the New Jersey State Police.

Inside his vehicle was a 37mm projectile launcher with ammunition that he had allegedly arranged to sell to an undercover state police officer.

"The weapons sold to our undercover trooper have one primary use, and that's to kill people," said Colonel Rick Fuentes, superintendent of the New Jersey State Police. "I believe, without any equivocation, that murders have been averted by keeping these weapons off the streets."

[Dennis Donovan]

1. I'd like to know what Hoss's political affiliations are...

I'd bet he leans hard right...

[Mopar151]

19. I dunno - which way does dirty ol' biker speed lean? n/t

[geckosfeet]

2. Glad this guy was busted. $75k bail is way to low.

[MineralMan]

3. Gol Durn It! A man has a right to defend himself and his home.

Everyone should own a grenade launcher, Dadblast it. It's in the Constimatution Amendment! Keep your arms bare, Dingdong it! Grenade launchers for everyone!

[RC]

13. Absolutely! Get enough grenade launchers to booby trap all your

outside doors. Gotta protect us selves against all them loonie liberls..... Wait a minute here.

[Catshrink]

18. Don't forget the assault rifles

gotta have a closet full of those, too.

[Historic NY]

4. more..

http://www.philly.com/philly/gallery/20090815_Raid_in_Glassboro_turns_up_guns.html

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20090815_Raid_in_Glassboro_turns_up_guns.html

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5. More dishonesty, erroneous reporting and ignorance from the media.

What they're calling a "grenade launcher", is actually 37mm flare launcher (I'm surprised that they reported the caliber correctly).

http://37mm.com

Perfectly legal to own, even in NJ (assuming the website is up to date)...

http://37mm.com/legal/state.asp

[MineralMan]

8. Of course, nobody's reloading lethal rounds for those 37mm

launchers. No way...

http://www.okiebigbores.com/

Even though the stuff is available to do this, there's a STERN warning on the site not to make any lethal rounds with their supplies. A STERN warning, I tell you! They even give instructions on how NOT TO MAKE projectile rounds using their supplies. DON'T DO THIS!

Give me a break.

Search Google for reloading 37mm

[madeline_con]

17. Thanks for the claification...

"The 37mm Flare/Gas launcher is popular with hunters, boaters, pyrotechnic enthusiasts and those into preparedness. It is not considered a firearm, and is not subject to the Gun Control Act of 1968."

Now the alarmists can calm the hell down. :hi:

[michreject]

6. That was a hard read

The write doesn't have a clue what they are writting about. Not a clue.

[FarCenter]

7. Better story from the Phladelphia Inquirer

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20090815_Raid_in_Glassboro_turns_up_guns.html

[X_Digger]

9. Yes, those highly illegal.. err wait.. 37mm?

I can buy one of those today for $300
http://www.spikestactical.com/z/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=77_80&products_id=132&zenid=7ttr0lit4kjnnfpuvsv928j6b0

Most folks use 12ga marine flares in an adapter, though you can make your own smoke rounds for them, no license or paperwork required.

Just goes to show the craziness of NJ firearms laws again (remember the police chief getting in a tizzy over a pump action shotgun?)

[CanonRay]

10. Deer hunting?

That must be a pretty common use of a grenade launcher. :silly:

[michreject]

11. What's Deer hunting got to do with it

4 out of 5 gun owners don't hunt.

[nc4bo]

12. Good Gawd.

My husband has family in Glassboro - the fam's trying to figure out whether they know this guy or not. They do know some Dixon's but this guy would need to be black and live on/near Stanger Ave.

No photos, race or other identifying info coming out of any of these stories.

Now I'm curious as hell.

[asdjrocky]

14. Wouldn't it be a safer world-

if we all had grenade launchers?

[michreject]

15. They're pretty common

A lot of the SKS's have them on them. You can get a SKS for around 150.00. Dunhams sporting good had them on sale for 89.00 a while ago.

The two near the bottom have the grenade launchers on them.

http://www.hk94.com/sks-rifle.php

[nc4bo]

16. Absolutely, you betcha! nt

[MercutioATC]

20. Bwahahaahaa! 37mm "grenade launcher", you say???

37mm launchers are perfectly legal under federal law because they're flare launchers.

If the man in the story had homemade anti-personnel ammunition for the launcher, however, that's illegal.