Source: Gun Owners of VT	Date: 2015
'VT Gun Incident':
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 12/5/2015	Town: Rockingham
VT Resident?: Yes	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: Unknown
Event Type: Poaching	Firearm Crime: taking big game by illegal means
Injury Type:
Actual Gun Use: Yes	Gun Actually Fired: Yes
Domestic Violence: No	Suicide: NO
Details: Christopher Brough Sr., 45, of Rockingham, was arrested and charged with taking big game by illegal means, taking deer in closed season and giving false information to a police officer. Brough was sentenced to 6 or 7 days in jail, loss of hunting/fishing/trapping rights for 3 years and the need to take a "remedial hunter ethics course" in order to regain his rights. Brough claimed to have shot the deer with a bow, but the wound was determined to be caused by a bullet. According to the Brattleboro Reformer, "The wardens were able to obtain confessions that on Dec. 5 the deer was shot by Brough with a muzzleloader from inside his vehicle on Rockingham Hill Road in Rockingham. Wardens also discovered that the deer was shot before legal shooting hours and that Brough's son used a flashlight to illuminate the deer from inside the vehicle." ALL of which are illegal in Vermont.
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: 1/26/2016: Rockingham man pleads guilty to hunting offense Receives six to seven days in jail
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