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Motorist draws charge for cache of fake firearms
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
By TOM QUIGLEY
The Express-Times
HOLLAND TWP. -- A Bucks County man faces an unusual weapons charge following a traffic stop Monday on River Road.
Robert B. McManus, 25, of Riegelsville, Pa., is charged with possession of imitation firearms, a fourth-degree criminal offense, police report.
McManus was stopped about 1:21 p.m. for an alleged speeding violation, police said.
The township officer spotted what appeared to be a genuine MP-5 submachine gun in plain sight and within reach of the driver, police said.
The gun was in the hatchback's cargo area directly behind the driver, police said.
McManus was immediately ordered out of the vehicle and handcuffed, police said.
Further investigation showed the gun is an imitation firearm used to fire pellets and paintballs.
Police then found a virtual arsenal of other imitation guns that were properly cased.
Police allegedly found an imitation Remington Model 700 sniper rifle with an imitation silencer, an imitation M-16 rifle, an imitation Beretta .9-mm handgun, another imitation machine gun and an imitation hand grenade.
All of the guns fired pellets and paintballs, police said.
Police said the guns are legal in New Jersey except under certain circumstances where they are deemed to pose a threat.
Police said the charge is mainly based on the allegation that McManus did not put one of the guns in a case and it was within his reach during the traffic stop.
Police said the officer had no way to immediately determine if the gun was real or not.
McManus was released pending an initial court appearance March 19 in state Superior Court in Flemington.
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Maybe he can get an immitation lawyer to defend him if they require him to go to immitation court. I especially liked the immitation ".9-mm handgun". I had no idea that there was a handgun that was that small of a caliber. I wonder what it is used for, and why someone would want an immitation of it.
