Common sense gun laws

[sarisataka]

Actor fights N.J. gun charge filed over prop used during filming


NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — An actor who played a bit part in an independent gangster film is facing 10 years in state prison because he used a prop pellet gun without a state gun permit.

Carlo Goias, whose stage name is Carlo Bellario, was charged under New Jersey's strict gun law. It requires permits for firearms, including the airsoft gun Goias used while filming a car chase scene.

Goias rejected a plea deal offer Tuesday that could have sent him to jail for less than a year. He faces up to a decade behind bars because of prior felony convictions that prosecutors say include theft and burglary.

"I was shooting a movie — I wasn't committing a crime intentionally," Goias recently told The Associated Press. "Robert De Niro doesn't ask Marty Scorsese is if he has gun permits. We're actors. That's for the production company to worry about."

www.northjersey.com/news/actor-fights-n-j-gun-charge-filed-over-prop-used-during-filming-1.1531863


Is this the "common sense" people are always talking about? Ten years for using a toy gun while filming a movie?

[benEzra]

2. If I understand correctly, it was a harmless Airsoft.

Meaning you could put your hand over the muzzle, fire it, and it wouldn't even injure your hand.

I wonder what the average sentence is for rape or armed robbery in New Jersey, because it is probably less than the penalty for possessing a toy that shoots harmless plastic pellets.