Originally Posted By: duckstopperBaystate:
I'm a little confused by this part of the article:
Houle faces several charges, including unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawful possession of a firearm and careless or negligent use of a weapon causing injury.
Maybe this guy is a felon and not allowed to own a real firearm? At the beginning of the article it mentions a muzzleloader, but also 2 shots.
Originally Posted By: ac289fiaI highly doubt it. A convicted felon possessing a firearm. Isn't that supposed to be a "mandatory" jail sentence in MA?
He supposedly had another gun in his vehicle.
He had an antique double barrel muzzleloader.
From MA HUNT/FISH:
1. During the "primitive firearms" (muzzleloader) part of the open deer season, muzzle-loading primitive firearms must be of a type similar to those in common use during the mid-1800s, and which meet the following criteria:
(h) contains only one usable barrel; in the case of primitive firearms with double barrels, one barrel shall be made inoperative by removal of the nipple and hammer) hence the two separate shots, one in the hand and one in the back/base of neck.
He shot at 5 pm, 15 minutes after legal hunting hours.
The "hunting" knife he was carrying, was a switchblade.