I don't understand... if the truck was in his driveway, I would assume the repo guy was on his property. I do not know the laws, but first of all, who says repo guy even has the lawful right to repossess a vehicle that is on your property without a court order? Isn't that trespassing? And if they had a court order, they should have knocked on the guy's door, told him who they were, and then taken the truck. Second of all, who says he even knew they were repo guys? Maybe he thought they were thieves trying to get near his house and hold him up.

 

I am not saying that this is a probable explanation of what went down, but none of us really has any idea, so let's not go about calling the guy an idiot. Yes, he was taking a risk that they might have had real weapons, but not necessarily a unlawful risk.

Eh - in NJ you can't defend your property like that. Also - you don't need a court order to reposess property.

But wouldn't you need one to repo property that is located on private property? IOW, some repo guy can't come onto my property to take an item. If the car is parked on the street then of course that is a different story.

I think that when a car is repo'd, the bank is taking ownership of it, and therefore they are legally able to go and obtain their property...

So if you leave your book at my house, you are allowed to just walk in and take it? I don't think so.

Regardless, in NJ from what I've read/seen, if the actor is not presenting him/herself as a direct threat (bodily harm), its unlawful to involve firearms. Not that I agree or not regarding that, but I do agree that brandishing is stupid and a person should know better (or face some type of consequence).

So if you leave your book at my house, you are allowed to just walk in and take it? I don't think so.

 

 

ever READ a lease/finance agreement?

 

my guess is the answer to your question is mixed somewhere in those several thousand words that appear before you sign on the dotted line..

If he pointed a plastic toy that looked like a gun at the guy I still say he should be arrested. If its not, it should be criminal to threaten someone in that way.... and over what... getting your car towed cause YOU didn't pay? The dude is a loser with no brain. No wonder he got repo'd! He's too busy flauntin his bb gun around.

 

it is.. It's Armed Robbery wjether it was a Handgun, bb Gun, Paintball gun, or just a piece of pipe held to look like a Handgun.. the BB gun in THIS case in this state makes it a firearm offense, where the Toy or paintball (or airsoft) would make it an "Any Other" weapon.

No matter how NJ views a BB gun, it's still a BB gun.

Just don't rob a bank with a BB gun.

No matter how NJ views a BB gun, it's still a BB gun.

Just don't rob a bank ANYTHING with a BB gun.

 

Fixed that for you

No matter how NJ views a BB gun, it's still a BB gun.

Just don't rob ANYTHING, period.

 

Fixed that for you

 

Fixed your fix...

I know a repo man who actually calls the town PD for assistance to prevent trouble.

I know a repo man who actually calls the town PD for assistance to prevent trouble.

 

Our Repo guys stop in and drop off a photocopy of the Repo order as well as the address they are going to before they even try to make the grab...saves TONS of problems down the line, not to mention the inevitable "Somebody stole my car" reports that dont have to be taken out of the computer/NLETS records when we find later that the car was repoed.