Update on New York army vet facing up to 7 years in prison over empty ammo magazines

An Army veteran in New York is facing up to seven years in prison for possessing five empty 30-
round ammunition magazines.

Nate Haddad told WGRZ-TV he was parked on a road last month waiting to meet someone interested in buying them off him when police approached. According to the station, the magazines were for an AR-15 rifle, the same type of weapon Haddad once carried in combat. Magazines over 10 rounds have been illegal in New York since 1994, unless they were manufactured before the law went into effect. Haddad says he thought his were legal, until he found out otherwise.

He was offered a deal this week to plead guilty to five misdemeanor counts and avoid jail time, but declined — citing, for one, how it would impact his job at Fort Drum, where he still works as a civilian employee.


His online fund: [link to www.gofundme.com]


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Last Edited by Philligan on 02/24/2013 10:29 AM