Sutton, MA: Cops Bust Man With Drugs & Rocket Launcher

[Zappa]

‘You found what?!’: ATF called after police find rocket launcher in Sutton hotel parking lot

SUTTON, Mass. — A man is facing criminal charges after police busted him with a rocket launcher and drugs in the parking lot of a hotel in Sutton on Tuesday, officials said.

www.boston25news.com

 

[nstassel]

How the heck is that an incidiary device?

 

[The Anchor]

How the heck is that an incidiary device?

Alec, I'll take "the police have no clue what to charge him with?" for $800

 

[CMEBoston]

Would be funny if the guy had a stamp for it

 

[alx]

Now the m73-million dollar question...

... otherwise it is just a b-vent flue pipe I am tellin ya. Ha!

 

[PDB]

Hmmm... The M190 appears to be the training version of the M72 LAW. It fires inert sub caliber rounds, so it couldn't go "boom".

Also, a rocket launcher (for certain values of rocket)

 

[Mountain]

LOL crack and a rocket launcher. What young man doesn't dream of such treasure?

 

[Hardwired]

 

[ddeck]

Interesting that no mention was made that this hotel is fully occupied by migrants illegal aliens.

My guess is that drugs are now fully entrenched there

 

[Sauer Grapes]

Interesting that no mention was made that this hotel is fully occupied by migrants.

My guess is that drugs are now fully entrenched there

You spelled illegal alien wrong.

 

[BTSDOG]

So now if you get caught with an empty piece of pvc they can charge you with possession of an incendiary device ??

 

[not new guy]

Wait, are potato guns illegal?

 

[ddeck]

You spelled illegal alien wrong.

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[Bobby Finstock]

Interesting that no mention was made that this hotel is fully occupied by migrants illegal aliens.

My guess is that drugs are now fully entrenched there

Drugs have always been there. That place used to be full of working girls. During covid it was like sutton’s little version of a red light district. That’s what a friend of mine told me.

 

[Drix]

You can buy that for $75 online and no background check if you're lucky.

If you're unlucky its more like $200 and no background check.

Unless you want the ammo, that's a $200 tax stamp per round and very lucky.

 

[MisterHappy]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w

 

[nstassel]

 

[Rob Boudrie]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w

Off topic but related. Many years ago (back when you could take handguns into Canada, eh? if you mail ordered the right paperwork), I was helping tear down a stage after we shot an IPSC match. Bruce Cockburn was doing his part carrying range props back to the storage building at the Sharon Gun Club - Home

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Wait, are potato guns illegal?

There was a case in Holyoke where a state court ruled that a spudzooka was not a firearm, rifle or nefarious device.

As to the confiscated item:
- It is reloadable? If it is one time use, probably no case
- Rocket propulsion vs. propelled by explosion and/or deflagration could make a difference to the feds
- If legal, will the posessor be coerced into a face saving plea deal for the prosecutor?

I remember two similar cases in MA

One had a photo of a launcher in the paper that had block letters INERT printed on the tube, but it was upside down so the editors missed it.

The other was a 37mm "grenade launcher" the police and news media tried to pass off as the real thing (40mm)

 

[rogersmithiii]

Hmmm... The M190 appears to be the training version of the M72 LAW. It fires inert sub caliber rounds, so it couldn't go "boom".

Also, a rocket launcher (for certain values of rocket)
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Funny how NES provided good info, but the cops and media couldn’t be bothered.

 

[centermass181]

‘You found what?!’: ATF called after police find rocket launcher in Sutton hotel parking lot

SUTTON, Mass. — A man is facing criminal charges after police busted him with a rocket launcher and drugs in the parking lot of a hotel in Sutton on Tuesday, officials said.

www.boston25news.com

makes me wonder what happened to the inert/spent one I gave my nephew 20 years ago....

 

[MagGus1820]

This really should be a FL man story, I feel like we let the country down.

 

[Dennis in MA]

Wait, are potato guns illegal?

Technically, yes. Has anyone ever been prosecuted for one? Pretty sure no.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w

Bruce Cockburn??? He needs to get together with Sally Ointment. Damn. Poor guy.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

a "suspicious" vehicle. suspicious is now a crime.

 

[Drix]

a "suspicious" vehicle. suspicious is now a crime.

That right there might get the whole case tossed- needs to be more than a suspicious vehicle.

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

First thing that came to mind was Clint grabbing Tyne Daley by the scruff of the neck.


View: https://youtu.be/4pcf2kmiG1k?si=R47AkFugTsJ3oAIz&t=42

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

Wait, are potato guns illegal?

View: https://youtu.be/xBdpINm9UBU?si=0mwjVhMYFmb39EOE

 

[rewster]

Drugs have always been there. That place used to be full of working girls. During covid it was like sutton’s little version of a red light district. That’s what a friend of mine told me.

Sure he did !!!!

 

[Palladin]

First thing that came to mind was Clint grabbing Tyne Daley by the scruff of the neck.


View: https://youtu.be/4pcf2kmiG1k?si=R47AkFugTsJ3oAIz&t=42

that's when she looked cute, not like a 300# dyke

 

[Rob Boudrie]

Technically, yes. Has anyone ever been prosecuted for one? Pretty sure no.

I posted about this 19 years ago.

Potato Cannon

I know I am not the only one here who has experimented with potato cannons in the past. But my question is, Are they legal? I keep getting conflicting information on them.

www.northeastshooters.com

And no discussion of Spudzookas would be complete without mention of the classic research paper on propellants:

[1305.0966v1] Studying the Internal Ballistics of a Combustion Driven Potato Cannon using High-speed Video