N.J. man found guilty in killing of 3 bears outside his home
ANDOVER — A Sparta man has been found guilty of illegally killing three bears outside his home and ordered to pay a total of $4,332 in fines and restitution, according to a report in the New Jersey Herald. During a trial in Andover Joint Municipal Court in November and December, Robert Ehling, 78, had claimed he…
So in other words, his neighbors testified that they were afraid of him because they saw him engaging in perfectly lawful activity on his own property?
Note: it is not illegal to carry a gun on your own property.
Devine said what Ehling did constituted the acts of “a vigilante, usurping the rights of the state,”
Rights of the State? I think he’s got something backwards.
I’m perplexed ….. “having a loaded firearm within 450 feet of an occupied building”…excuse my naivete but what law is that? In NJ your allowed to carry a loaded firearm on your person in, around your home (on your property) or place of business you own.