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Middletown, New Jersey May 30, 2020 A New Jersey judge has ordered the return of Firearms seized under a red flag order. The Judge, Paul X. Escandon, found that Alfred Conti of Middletown never did threaten a doctor with whom he had a dispute, and that Conti’s guns never should have been taken.
In an abuse of the red flag law, on September 25, 2019, Conti’s firearms were seized from his home.
It all started when Mr. Conti had nerve decompression surgery performed by Dr. Matthew Kaufman. Dissatisfied with the results of the surgery, Mr. Conti posted negative online reviews which angered Dr. Kaufman. When Conti refused to take down the online reviews, Dr. Kaufman’s attorney, James Maggs, contacted the Rumson Police Department claiming they feared Conti and that he threatened them. The guns were then taken from Conti by the Police Department at 1 am. The doctor also filed a defamation suit against Mr. Conti.
In a decision dated May 20, 2020, Judge Escandon found that the state did not even meet a preponderance of the evidence standard, which is merely more than 50%. The judge also found that while Mr. Conti may have used expletives, no threat was made. The judge found that no threat of bodily harm was made, and there was no evidence to support that Mr. Conti is mentally ill, or a threat to himself or anyone else.
The judge also noted that Conti is a retiree with no criminal record. He is a certified RSO, and certified NRA instructor.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
- Thomas Paine
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."
Middletown, New Jersey May 30, 2020 A New Jersey judge has ordered the return of Firearms seized under a red flag order. The Judge, Paul X. Escandon, found that Alfred Conti of Middletown never did threaten a doctor with whom he had a dispute, and that Conti’s guns never should have been taken.
In an abuse of the red flag law, on September 25, 2019, Conti’s firearms were seized from his home.
It all started when Mr. Conti had nerve decompression surgery performed by Dr. Matthew Kaufman. Dissatisfied with the results of the surgery, Mr. Conti posted negative online reviews which angered Dr. Kaufman. When Conti refused to take down the online reviews, Dr. Kaufman’s attorney, James Maggs, contacted the Rumson Police Department claiming they feared Conti and that he threatened them. The guns were then taken from Conti by the Police Department at 1 am. The doctor also filed a defamation suit against Mr. Conti.
In a decision dated May 20, 2020, Judge Escandon found that the state did not even meet a preponderance of the evidence standard, which is merely more than 50%. The judge also found that while Mr. Conti may have used expletives, no threat was made. The judge found that no threat of bodily harm was made, and there was no evidence to support that Mr. Conti is mentally ill, or a threat to himself or anyone else.
The judge also noted that Conti is a retiree with no criminal record. He is a certified RSO, and certified NRA instructor.
Cue the defamation suit against Doctor Mengele...
Life comes at you fast. Be prepared to shoot it in the head when it does.
Middletown, New Jersey May 30, 2020 A New Jersey judge has ordered the return of Firearms seized under a red flag order. The Judge, Paul X. Escandon, found that Alfred Conti of Middletown never did threaten a doctor with whom he had a dispute, and that Conti’s guns never should have been taken.
In an abuse of the red flag law, on September 25, 2019, Conti’s firearms were seized from his home.
It all started when Mr. Conti had nerve decompression surgery performed by Dr. Matthew Kaufman. Dissatisfied with the results of the surgery, Mr. Conti posted negative online reviews which angered Dr. Kaufman. When Conti refused to take down the online reviews, Dr. Kaufman’s attorney, James Maggs, contacted the Rumson Police Department claiming they feared Conti and that he threatened them. The guns were then taken from Conti by the Police Department at 1 am. The doctor also filed a defamation suit against Mr. Conti.
In a decision dated May 20, 2020, Judge Escandon found that the state did not even meet a preponderance of the evidence standard, which is merely more than 50%. The judge also found that while Mr. Conti may have used expletives, no threat was made. The judge found that no threat of bodily harm was made, and there was no evidence to support that Mr. Conti is mentally ill, or a threat to himself or anyone else.
The judge also noted that Conti is a retiree with no criminal record. He is a certified RSO, and certified NRA instructor.
Cue the defamation suit against Doctor Mengele...
This entire thing sounds like a scheme the attorney came up with to use the law to punish Conti for badmouthing his client. Someone should file an ethics complaint on that one.
-- Mike
"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand
deanimator wrote:
Cue the defamation suit against Doctor Mengele...
Actually the defemation suit was filed by the Dr. against Mr. Conti
from the Go Fund me page.
I need help paying my legal bills that are being accumulated because I’m being sued for defamation from a plastic surgeon and his attorney after I left the dr. a bad review.
Curious what hi legal bills were for getting his forearms back
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
- Thomas Paine
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."
deanimator wrote:
Cue the defamation suit against Doctor Mengele...
Actually the defemation suit was filed by the Dr. against Mr. Conti
from the Go Fund me page.
I need help paying my legal bills that are being accumulated because I’m being sued for defamation from a plastic surgeon and his attorney after I left the dr. a bad review.
Curious what hi legal bills were for getting his forearms back
Any time the cops get involved, somebody can end up dead.
It's not only defamation against Conti, it's reckless endangerment at a minimum.
Life comes at you fast. Be prepared to shoot it in the head when it does.