Legal Replica rifle has Brooklyn man at odds with cops.
Like America's first soldiers at the Battle of Brooklyn, Michael Littlejohn is fighting for his right to bear arms.
The Revolutionary War buff charges the Bloomberg administration with tyranny for trying to seize his handmade flintlock rifle - a dead ringer for the weapon once used against the redcoats.
"This is the last legal gun that you can have without registration in New York," Littl
More..ejohn said. "And yet Mayor Bloomberg is driven crazy by my flintlock gun - the one that won the American Revolution."
Littlejohn fired the first shot when he hired a Tennessee blacksmith to recreate the vintage rifle. It arrived at his Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, apartment in June - followed quickly by city cops.
Police claim it's illegal for Littlejohn to keep the flintlock without a gun license.
Littlejohn, 50, cites the earliest American patriots as his inspiration while refusing to surrender his firearm or apply for a license.
The social worker is also clinging to a little-known exemption in the city's strict gun laws.
The loophole allows license-free ownership of "antique firearms" - defined as rifles that require the bullet and gunpowder to be loaded separately.
Littlejohn's rifle appears to fit the bill.
Loading the weapon, he explains, is a multistep process that takes several pokes with a ramrod and up to a minute to complete.
To fire, the rifle relies on a sharpened piece of flint that produces a spark when the trigger is pulled. That point is moot, Littlejohn says: He doesn't own gunpowder or bullets.
That's not enough to make the NYPD retreat.
The cops visited Littlejohn's apartment and sat down this month with the Tennessee blacksmith who forged the rifle.
The lead detective on the case told Littlejohn's lawyer that he had orders "from higher-ups" to pursue the case, according to an e-mail the lawyer sent to Littlejohn.
Littlejohn's interest in the Revolutionary War dates to his childhood. He grew up playing tag outside the upstate Newburgh house used in 1782-83 as Gen. George Washington's headquarters.
As an adult, he joined in Colonial American reenactments in Virginia and Georgia.
The NYPD learned about Littlejohn's $825 rifle when he left a receipt inside a Staples copy center, prompting a call to the cops.
Cops aren't threatening to arrest Littlejohn - yet. Lawyer Joyce David, who represented Littlejohn until it became too expensive, says her ex-client could wind up with a summons.
A police source says the war could end peacefully if Littlejohn applied for a permit with the NYPD handgun license division.
Littlejohn would rather fight. The Brooklynite says he's willing to sue for his rifle rights.
"It wont be long until they come for your guns, regardless of where you live.. Join the NRA before you have no rights left.." -Maxisminion Less..
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From your cold dead hands
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "hlabrake" (R)
Filthy politicians.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "enki" (R)
" a permit with the NYPD handgun license division."...
that certainly doesn't look like a hand gun. I would tell them I would only register it with the NYPD flintlock license division and wait for their response.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "Punch_The_Monkey" (R)
Wow that is really f*cking stupid.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "haloman5" (R)
yea you could go on a rampage with that. boom miss excuse me while i take ten minutes to reload.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "GoneWithTheSin" (B)
"The NYPD learned about Littlejohn's $825 rifle when he left a receipt inside a Staples copy center, prompting a call to the cops."
LOL, reported by some minimum wage dork. What kind of a loser calls the police over a recipt for a flintlock? God damn libtards.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "sins07" (R)
LOL, reported by some minimum wage dork. What kind of a loser calls the police over a recipt for a flintlock? God damn libtards.
Welcome to Obamas Nazi America.. Just call 1-800-SNITCH
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "Maxisminion" (R)
Or theirs..
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "Maxisminion" (R)
LOL, reported by some minimum wage dork. What kind of a loser calls the police over a recipt for a flintlock? God damn libtards.
The ones that are raised to believe guns are bad
and
steaks come from the grocery store (no cow needed).
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "sftech" (R)
that certainly doesn't look like a hand gun. I would tell them I would only register it with the NYPD flintlock license division and wait for their response.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for making me laugh! Flintlock license division...lol
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "SF_Talon" (R)
Move to Ohio and you have as many as you want ,and you can even hide one up your shirt too,..legally,...
but that rifle might be a little awkward feeling while walking,...lol
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "KingLawahaha" (R)
that certainly doesn't look like a hand gun. I would tell them I would only register it with the NYPD flintlock license division and wait for their response.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for making me laugh! Flintlock license division...lol
I don't know what the fee is in NY City, but in Buffalo the fee is $125.00 for the initial permit.
And besides that it is a rifle.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "BarrySoetoro" (R)
that certainly doesn't look like a hand gun. I would tell them I would only register it with the NYPD flintlock license division and wait for their response.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for making me laugh! Flintlock license division...lol
I don't know what the fee is in NY City, but in Buffalo the fee is $125.00 for the initial permit.
And besides that it is a rifle.
There are no guns allowed in NYC. That is a direct violation of our second amendment rights..
http://www.nysrpa.org/nygunlaws.htm
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "Maxisminion" (R)
that certainly doesn't look like a hand gun. I would tell them I would only register it with the NYPD flintlock license division and wait for their response.
Oh that's awesome! Thanks for making me laugh! Flintlock license division...lol
I don't know what the fee is in NY City, but in Buffalo the fee is $125.00 for the initial permit.
And besides that it is a rifle.
There are no guns allowed in NYC. That is a direct violation of our second amendment rights..
http://www.nysrpa.org/nygunlaws.htm
You forget, the Constitution allows for "reasonable" time/place restriction. The problem with that, is that in the hands of liberals, completely devoid of integrity and thrilled to play word games, "reasonable" means anything. You cannot give them the discretion to determine what is or is not "reasonable".
All they have to do is suspend disbelief, ignore their cognitive dissonance, and declare with a straight face that they're SURE the founding fathers would consider a complete and total gun ban to be a "reasonable" restriction.
Just as Obama did when he declared the DC ban to be reasonable and perfectly Constitutional. Of course he changed that when he campaigned, lying as always, and said it was not Constitutional.
Someone really should sue the city or state of NY. With the DC ban overturned, the SCOTUS would have to recognize that precedent and rule it to be unconstitutional in NY also.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "ST0N3PONY" (R)
I don't think this is the weapon of choice for bodega holdups and drive-by shootings. It's not regulated because it falls under the description of antique. Besides, it looks unwieldy if someone wants to use it from the backseat of a 5-Series riding on 20-inch rims.
Posted Jul-29-2009 by "knowyourlimit"