Source: Gun Owners of VT	Date: 2015
'VT Gun Incident': Not Looking at GSV reports anymore
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Date: 9/7/2015	Town: Sentencing
VT Resident?: Yes	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: Felon
Event Type: Sentencing	Firearm Crime: Violations of restraining orders
Injury Type: NONE
Actual Gun Use: Yes	Gun Actually Fired: No
Domestic Violence: Yes	Suicide: No
Details: News Release — U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorney, District of Vermont, February 11, 2016. The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mark Caron, 52, of Burlington, with possessing a firearm after having been convicted of a felony offense, in this case six felony offenses. The indictment charges that three of the defendant’s six prior felony offenses were violations of state abuse prevention orders. According to the Government’s allegations, on September 7, 2015, Caron went to the Swanton, Vermont residence of a friend of Caron’s ex-girl-friend’s and accused the friend of having contact with Caron’s ex-girlfriend. The Government alleges that Caron then threatened to shoot this man while Caron was brandishing a firearm. If convicted, Caron faces a maximum possible term of ten years imprisonment.
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: 2/11/2016: Federal Gun Charge Brought Against Burlington Man With History of Violating Abuse Prevention Orders
Source 2: 2/16/2016: Federal Gun Charge Brought Against Burlington Man With History of Violating Abuse Prevention Orders
Source 3: 9/13/2016: Domestic violence-related felony leads to firearm sentence
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