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Police recovered a plastic replica of a firearm from one of two youths arrested seconds before the shooting occurred, Pasquarello said. The .38 caliber gun used in the incident had not been recovered, he said. The stun-gun is the third gun or gun-like object involved in the Friday night incident
...money we do on screening and training, because we nixed John right away," says Brian Church, an official at OCS. "He was a job-jumper. He wasn't an attractive job applicant. That's probably the nicest way of putting it." Moreover, Padilla was not licensed to carry a firearm...
...helped dispose of the purse. Next day, Charles committed suicide after reportedly telling his lawyer that he had murdered his wife to get her life insurance. Last week a grand jury indicted Matthew and his accomplice McMahon on nine counts ranging from compounding a felony to unlawfully carrying a firearm. McMahon was also charged with accessory to murder after the fact -- a charge from which Matthew, as the killer's brother, is exempt under Massachusetts...
...test at all," says Bernie Horn, director of state legislation for Handgun Control, Inc. "You have to do more to get a driver's license." But Kevin Frailey, a member of the Basic Pistol Safety Review Board, says, "It wasn't supposed to stop a person from purchasing a firearm." On the contrary: in April and May alone, Detroit issued 530 handgun permits. In all of 1990 it gave...
...rarely means the felon will be locked up that long. A killer who strikes a bargain for a 20-year term can sometimes walk away in a little less than seven years. That is why a number of states also tack on additional years for the use of a firearm during a crime. Some states, like Illinois and Maryland, have created a penalty of life without parole. That means, says Chicago Judge Earl Strayhorn, "a person goes in alive and comes out dead...