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Hudson River Catch Of The Day: Handgun

110710handgun.jpg A Jersey City man fishing at Exchange Place managed to snag a handgun covered in duct tape and barnacles while fishing off Grundy Pier earlier this week. For some reason the 71-year-old carried the .32 caliber handgun to the nearby Hyatt Hotel, where he was told to drop the weapon, complied, and then went back to fishing. Police are currently investigating if the gun is connected to any crimes. We're sure it was just a perfectly fine, unused gun someone happened to throw in the river.

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By Jaya Saxena in on November 7, 2010 1:40 PM

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  • OSN!

    Pistol covered in duct tape...fished out of the Hudson...could it be connected to criminal activity? Hmmm...that's a tough one.

  • Gotham Extremist

    You sure the old man wasn't tryin to hold up the hotel and he had to come up with a story when the hold up had gone bad?

  • Guest

    "caught a weird one today -- all black, heavy... sometimes it makes loud noises. oh, and extremely lethal."

  • Peter

    If it were an AK-47 you could load it, and it would fire perfectly. Seriously.

  • ides_of_march

    Then you could say you caught a Red Sniper.

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