Non Legal Tender Status Of Coins

They will go after you for counterfeit poker chips - http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/20...ino_pip.html

Lots of things can be scary. There are laws on the books which they can use to bring charges against pretty much anyone. A couple of my favorites that I have seen used in the charges against some admittedly bad people are possession of bomb making materials, or weapons of mass destruction.

What are bomb making materials? Chemicals or items that can be used in the construction of a bomb. These can include but are not restricted to things like nitric or sulfuric acid, bleach, batteries, wire, timing devices such as watches or cell phones etc.

I though WMD's was an odd charge because typically when the think of WMD's we think of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons. So I checked to see what the legal definition of a WMD is. it is any weapon that can kill or injure more than one person at the same time, or an explosive item containing more then 4 oz of explosives. Ever see those shyrocket moror shells you can buy at any fireworks stand or shop around the country? The larger ones of those contain 500 grams of explosives. Four times the amount required to legally be a WMD. So buy some fireworks to celebrate the fourth of July and you could be charged with being in possession of weapons of mass destruction.

I'm not saying thy would do it, but if they wanted to get you on SOMETHING those two charges could be used against just about anyone. (and if they do have someone on some other charge they are nasty charges that could be added to make the bad guys life more difficult.)

I'd say legal yes, feasible probably not except for very limited circumstances.