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New Jersey Legislator Who Sponsored Anti-Swatting Bill Gets Swatted

posted by CoolHand on Thursday April 16 2015, @09:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-desserts dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

A New Jersey state legislator who is sponsoring a bill against swatting, has himself been swatted:

According to a report by NJ.com, Moriarty received a phone call at his home on Saturday from a police officer asking if everything was okay; the assemblyman was then informed that someone had anonymously called in a report of a shooting at the home. He was then told to describe his clothing and step outside, where he saw a crowd of officers armed with "helmets, flak jackets and rifles."

There was no mention if the legislator questioned the over-militarizing of the police or no-knock raids...

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Friday April 17 2015, @11:26AM

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday April 17 2015, @11:26AM (#171971)

    I agree that 4-5 guns isn't a big problem (provided they're properly stored and maintained - no more stories of 6-year-olds accidentally blowing somebody's head off please).

    There are private arsenals though: Owners with closer to 100 firearms in their possession and a group of people who intend to use them in the race war / revolution / apocalypse. Many of them don't entirely recognize the authority of the US government and the government of their state to impose laws on them and their group. That kind of person seriously concerns me, because of how many innocent people will be killed if they try to accomplish their stated goals.

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