'VT Gun Incident': Not Looking at GSV reports anymore
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 9/30/2015
Town: Fair Haven
VT Resident?: Yes
Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: NO
Event Type: Theft of Firearm and Armed Robbery
Firearm Crime: Armed Robbery
Injury Type: NONE
Actual Gun Use: Yes
Gun Actually Fired: NO
Domestic Violence: No
Suicide: NO
Details: FAIR HAVEN A male suspect, identified as Matthew S. Hinton, robbed the Maplefields in Fair Haven at gunpoint early Wednesday morning 9/15/15. A Ruger, .357 Magnum revolver he had stolen from an Orwell home two days earlier was used. He took cash from the register and fled on foot. He was sentenced to SEVEN YEARS in Federal court trial. Criminals with STOLEN guns. 2020 UPDATE: Vermont Supreme Court upholds the 11-year sentence handed down in 2018.
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.