Source: Gun Owners of VT	Date: 2014
'VT Gun Incident': Not Listed on GunSense page
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 1/25/2014	Town: Essex
VT Resident?: Yes	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: Police Officer
Event Type: Accidental Discharge	Firearm Crime: Reckless Endangerment
Injury Type: NONE
Actual Gun Use: Yes	Gun Actually Fired: Yes
Domestic Violence: No	Suicide: NO
Details: In an interesting turn of events, one of Vermont's finest accidently discharges his "semi-automatic rifle" (if it was a civilian, they would call it an ASSAULT RIFLE) in his patrol car. See the previous Essex incident on 1/25 for the reason why this happened. Officer Josh Hansell, 29, with only 2 years on the force, accidentally discharged his weapon while clearing it. Ironically, the Williston Police Department was assisting the Essex Police Department at a reckless endangerment incident in Essex when the officer created his own reckless endangerment incident! Officer Hansell remains on active duty while under investigation. ALL citizens are people and can make mistakes (GunSense just blames the civilians).
NO law will prevent crime. No law will stop criminals from getting guns. Gun Control only effects the law-abiding citizen and the politicians know it.
News Articles
Source 1: Williston Police Officer Accidentally Discharges Rifle
Source 2: Officer accidentally fires weapon in cruiser
Source 3: Police officer accidentally shoots cruiser
Source 4: ESSEX POLICE DEPARTMENT: Official PRESS RELEASE
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