Help !! Arrested for Freedom arms belt buckle

Jail Bird 2010 · May 21, 2010, 06:40 PM

It was made in 1987, Wore it daily 4 years, arrived in New York on a sale trip and they arrested me!! FELONY EVEN!!
Someone tell me they are wrong ,,PLEASE help a horseman and generally good person.!!

rantingredneck · May 21, 2010, 06:43 PM

If you mean one of these:

http://www.google.com/search?q=freed...N&hl=en&tab=fw

Yep, I think you're in trouble.......

ljnowell · May 21, 2010, 06:44 PM

What do you mwan, arrested for a belt buckle? Is it a holster, like the wallet holster?

ScottRiqui · May 21, 2010, 06:48 PM

If you're talking about the belt buckle with the pop-out .22 lr revolver, like this, then I think it would be illegal any place that open-carry is illegal.

ljnowell · May 21, 2010, 06:53 PM

Yeah, that'll get you a felony there probably. Pleading ignorance probably wont help. dont see how anyone could accomplish that.

maestro pistolero · May 21, 2010, 07:10 PM

You took a pistol to New York. If you don't have a pistol permit (and they won't issue one to an out-of-state resident) then yes, it's a felony.

Don H · May 21, 2010, 07:27 PM

It's a little late for you now but it's a REALLY good idea to research the gun laws of the places you travel to before you go there. It's not news that New York City is not gun-friendly. This arrest could easily have been prevented.

flyinpolack · May 21, 2010, 08:15 PM

Wow, I really like those!
& OC is totally ok in the great state of NH!

Dave P · May 21, 2010, 08:31 PM

So you don't share any info on yourself or your arrest but you want all kind of help from us??

I wonder how many forums this is posted on as his first post??

Gary L. Griffiths · May 21, 2010, 08:34 PM

Dude, you're scrude!

Best advice I can offer is to have your lawyer delay, delay, delay. If the SCOTUS rules in favor of incorporation in the McDonald case, due out late next month, your lawyer can use it and Heller to argue violation of your Second Amendment rights.

Yours could be the next Supreme Court landmark 2nd Amendment ruling.

Lucky You!

**Mike Irwin** · May 21, 2010, 10:27 PM

IF, as others have postulated, you had on a Freedom Arms mini revolver, a firearm, in one of their belt buckle holsters, then it would indeed appear that you are in trouble.

You need to get in touch with a good criminal lawyer. NOW.

That's the best advice that anyone can give you at this point.

I'm closing this before it becomes a speculative dog pile. Or worse.

If, however, you were trying to do a little free advertising for whatever that was in the photo... don't.

May 21, 2010, 06:40 PM	#1
Jail Bird 2010 Junior Member Join Date: May 21, 2010 Posts: 1	Help !! Arrested for Freedom arms belt buckle It was made in 1987, Wore it daily 4 years, arrived in New York on a sale trip and they arrested me!! FELONY EVEN!! Someone tell me they are wrong ,,PLEASE help a horseman and generally good person.!!

May 21, 2010, 06:43 PM	#2
rantingredneck Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,728	If you mean one of these: http://www.google.com/search?q=freed...N&hl=en&tab=fw Yep, I think you're in trouble....... __________________ NRA Member NC Hunter's Education Instructor PCCA Member (What's PCCA you ask? <- Check the link)

May 21, 2010, 07:27 PM	#7
Don H Senior Member Join Date: May 8, 2000 Location: SLC,Utah Posts: 2,704	It's a little late for you now but it's a REALLY good idea to research the gun laws of the places you travel to before you go there. It's not news that New York City is not gun-friendly. This arrest could easily have been prevented. __________________ Don http://www.utahconcealedcarry.com/forum/

May 21, 2010, 08:15 PM	#8
flyinpolack Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2010 Posts: 152	Wow, I really like those! & OC is totally ok in the great state of NH! __________________ Buy American, or don't bitch when you wind up on the bread line. www.smokerbuilder.com

May 21, 2010, 08:31 PM	#9
Dave P Senior Member Join Date: August 16, 1999 Location: North Florida Posts: 1,346	So you don't share any info on yourself or your arrest but you want all kind of help from us?? I wonder how many forums this is posted on as his first post?? __________________ I think this country is screwed.

May 21, 2010, 06:44 PM	#3
ljnowell Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Posts: 274	What do you mwan, arrested for a belt buckle? Is it a holster, like the wallet holster?

May 21, 2010, 06:48 PM	#4
ScottRiqui Senior Member Join Date: January 27, 2010 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 2,905	If you're talking about the belt buckle with the pop-out .22 lr revolver, like this, then I think it would be illegal any place that open-carry is illegal.

May 21, 2010, 06:53 PM	#5
ljnowell Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2009 Posts: 274	Yeah, that'll get you a felony there probably. Pleading ignorance probably wont help. dont see how anyone could accomplish that.

May 21, 2010, 07:10 PM	#6
maestro pistolero Senior Member Join Date: August 16, 2007 Posts: 2,153	You took a pistol to New York. If you don't have a pistol permit (and they won't issue one to an out-of-state resident) then yes, it's a felony.

May 21, 2010, 08:34 PM	#10
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	Dude, you're scrude! Best advice I can offer is to have your lawyer delay, delay, delay. If the SCOTUS rules in favor of incorporation in the McDonald case, due out late next month, your lawyer can use it and Heller to argue violation of your Second Amendment rights. Yours could be the next Supreme Court landmark 2nd Amendment ruling. Lucky You! __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)

May 21, 2010, 10:27 PM	#11
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,389	IF, as others have postulated, you had on a Freedom Arms mini revolver, a firearm, in one of their belt buckle holsters, then it would indeed appear that you are in trouble. You need to get in touch with a good criminal lawyer. NOW. That's the best advice that anyone can give you at this point. I'm closing this before it becomes a speculative dog pile. Or worse. If, however, you were trying to do a little free advertising for whatever that was in the photo... don't. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.