Since he's a convicted felon, I wonder when and where he purchased the weapon. I doubt it was from an FFL, but the BG check is bound to come under scrutiny if somehow he purchased through normal channels. Hopefully the purchase was not legitimate. Someone will be looking at it for sure.austinrealtor wrote:Here we go ....
How was this guy allowed to have a gun again?
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This was not the first time Duke fired a gun at someone.
Ben Bollinger represented Duke when he was convicted in 1999 of shooting into a vehicle, aggravated stalking and wearing a bulletproof vest. Duke was sentenced to five years in prison on each count and his sentences were served concurrently. As part of a plea agreement, Duke was required to complete psychological counseling.
Bollinger said Tuesday that Duke was waiting in the woods for his wife with a rifle, wearing a mask and a bulletproof vest. She confronted him and then tried to leave in a vehicle, and Duke shot the tires of the vehicle.
“The guy was like, just out there,” Bollinger said. “He had some bad problems.”
In January 2009, Duke wrote a letter to Circuit Judge Dedee Costello, stating he had come before her in 1999 and 2000, “as a mentally ill man who had committed crimes. … While in prison I was diagnosed as ‘adult-onset bipolar condition’ and given proper therapy. With that therapy and good behavior, I was released from prison after serving 85 percent of my sentence.”
He went on to ask Costello to terminate his probation early.
Looks like Uncle Ted got his wish the hard way on the second go-roundI don't like repeat offenders, I like dead offenders.
It is simply amazing to me when you see the papers fly up in front of the superintendent that he wasn't struck. As for the woman, while it was brave, definitley foolhardy, the better thing to have done would be alert the security guard. Ofcourse hindsight is a perfect science. I nickname the supt "Cool Hand Luke". I know what it's like to be unarmed and have a pistol pointed at you, twice in my lifetime; both inches from my face. Until it occurs you have no idea how you'd react.