Source:	Date: 2018
'VT Gun Incident':
GOV Analysis:
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Date: 10/18/2018	Town: Pownal
VT Resident?: Yes	Law Abiding Citizen Prior to Incident: felon
Event Type: LEO Shooting	Firearm Crime: Possession
Injury Type: Injury
Actual Gun Use: Yes	Gun Actually Fired: Yes
Domestic Violence: No	Suicide: No
Details: Police received 911 call about a "Suicidal Man," drunk man trying to cut himsel. Bernard Rougeau, 48, was shot by police. Rougeau was in possession of a shotgun. Rougeau is a convicted felon and not allowed by law to possess firearms. The question on the news was "Did family know he possessed firearms?" <-- THIS will be the next attack on gun rights in Vermont. MAKING you REPORT family and friends to authorities!
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: 10/19/18: Vermont State Police officer shoots man in Pownal
Source 2: 10/19/18: Pownal man injured in officer-involved shooting expected to survive
Source 3: 6/16/2021: Pownal man pleads guilty to aggravated assault on trooper during standoff
Source 4: 7/1/2021: Plea deal on hold for man shot by police, accused of threatening trooper
Source 5: 8/11/2021: Judge rejects agreed-to guilty plea, sentencing agreement; Bernard Rougeau to stand trial
Source 6: 8/12/2021: Judge rejects plea deal for man who allegedly threatened a trooper, who then shot him
Source 7: 11/3/2021: Plea deal accepted in assault on trooper case
Source 8: 11/3/2021: Pownal man gets 3 years in prison for threatening trooper with shotgun
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