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Cops Arrest Man For Having Too Much Ammo, Guns
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Gun owners have to be extra careful these days to avoid not only incurring the wrath of overzealous law enforcement but playing into the hands of the anti-gun crowd as well.
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Case in point is Guo Shou, a Queens man who was taken into police custody after authorities exercised a warrant to search his apartment and found a massive arsenal in it. What they found was enough weapons and ammo to “take on a small army”, per Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
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Among his inventory were 14 legally-obtained handguns, 2 licensed and loaded shotguns, 1 licensed rifle and around 45,000 rounds of ammo for any number of weapons. He was also found to be in possession of parts that could be assembled into an AR-10 or AR-15 assault rifle as well as several pieces of Kevlar body armor.
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While all of Shou’s equipment was legally acquired, police claimed that he failed to store it properly, thus necessitating his arrest.
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Unsurprisingly, the authorities are using the relatively close proximity of Shou’s apartment to an elementary school as proof of the threat they’re claiming he poses. In spite of this, law enforcement has yet to produce any evidence that he had committed or was planning to commit a crime with his firearms.
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“‘The defendant is accused of turning his apartment into an arsenal by stockpiling deadly weapons and ammunition – all laying in plain sight and unsecured,’ Brown said in a statement. ‘It is extremely disturbing to find such a lethal arsenal of this magnitude in a residential community – especially one less than two blocks from an elementary school.’
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Police were able to stumble upon the stockpile after officers conducted an administrative pistol licensee review at Shou’s apartment on Monday, prosecutors said.
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Upon entering the home — which is down the street from P.S. 139 Rego Park — officers spotted the gunpowder and bullets, prompting them to obtain a search warrant and make the discovery.
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‘Alone, the amount of gunpowder discovered was capable of igniting and causing significant damage to not only the defendant’s apartment but to neighboring apartments and the building’s exterior walls, as well as injuring or killing anyone unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity,’ Brown said.
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Shou was arraigned Tuesday night and his bail was set at $250,000. He is due back in court on Feb. 24.
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If convicted, Shou could spend up to seven years behind bars.”
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Read More: Cops Arrest Man For Having Too Much Ammo, Guns | Truth And Action
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My Thoughts: To say I’m shocked the police and city lawyers did this is an understatement. Since I’m not an NY lawyer, I don’t see the legal problems. Since when is there a law against the number of ammo and gun’s in the equation for this arrest? Something really stinks concerning all of this.
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Gun owners have to be extra careful these days to avoid not only incurring the wrath of overzealous law enforcement but playing into the hands of the anti-gun crowd as well.
.
Case in point is Guo Shou, a Queens man who was taken into police custody after authorities exercised a warrant to search his apartment and found a massive arsenal in it. What they found was enough weapons and ammo to “take on a small army”, per Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.
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Among his inventory were 14 legally-obtained handguns, 2 licensed and loaded shotguns, 1 licensed rifle and around 45,000 rounds of ammo for any number of weapons. He was also found to be in possession of parts that could be assembled into an AR-10 or AR-15 assault rifle as well as several pieces of Kevlar body armor.
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While all of Shou’s equipment was legally acquired, police claimed that he failed to store it properly, thus necessitating his arrest.
.
Unsurprisingly, the authorities are using the relatively close proximity of Shou’s apartment to an elementary school as proof of the threat they’re claiming he poses. In spite of this, law enforcement has yet to produce any evidence that he had committed or was planning to commit a crime with his firearms.
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“‘The defendant is accused of turning his apartment into an arsenal by stockpiling deadly weapons and ammunition – all laying in plain sight and unsecured,’ Brown said in a statement. ‘It is extremely disturbing to find such a lethal arsenal of this magnitude in a residential community – especially one less than two blocks from an elementary school.’
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Police were able to stumble upon the stockpile after officers conducted an administrative pistol licensee review at Shou’s apartment on Monday, prosecutors said.
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Upon entering the home — which is down the street from P.S. 139 Rego Park — officers spotted the gunpowder and bullets, prompting them to obtain a search warrant and make the discovery.
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‘Alone, the amount of gunpowder discovered was capable of igniting and causing significant damage to not only the defendant’s apartment but to neighboring apartments and the building’s exterior walls, as well as injuring or killing anyone unfortunate enough to be in the vicinity,’ Brown said.
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Shou was arraigned Tuesday night and his bail was set at $250,000. He is due back in court on Feb. 24.
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If convicted, Shou could spend up to seven years behind bars.”
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Read More: Cops Arrest Man For Having Too Much Ammo, Guns | Truth And Action
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My Thoughts: To say I’m shocked the police and city lawyers did this is an understatement. Since I’m not an NY lawyer, I don’t see the legal problems. Since when is there a law against the number of ammo and gun’s in the equation for this arrest? Something really stinks concerning all of this.
