My dad just sent me this! (I'm originally from NJ). What a crazy state.
I'm glad you escaped.
This is why I always tell people that if I ever found anything suspect, a gun or a knife or whatever, it will immediately find my bench grinder and end up as dust on the floor over the next 30 minutes thereafter.
Involving the authorities in this sort of thing is asking for trouble.
NJ Gun Owner Trusts Cops, Gets Arrested
[video=youtube;TyFt54Pk6Lk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFt54Pk6Lk[/video]
More shenanigans
Does sound like there's more to the story.
Here's something in print:
https://www.nj.com/bergen/2020/10/n...housands-of-bullets-in-his-home-cops-say.html
https://www.nj.com/bergen/2020/10/n...housands-of-bullets-in-his-home-cops-say.html
It's obvious NJ/NY journalism - "Thousands of bullets!"
The guys a shooter, so I don't really buy the "I just thought they were filters!" It seems to me, that these are obviously not meant for fuel.
Does sound like there's more to the story.
Edit: The guy looks like Sloth from the The Goonies.
Not "shooter" lives on the net.
Also, a New Jersey "shooter" is not an Indiana "shooter".