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struggle4progress

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Fri Feb 14, 2014, 09:21 AM Feb 2014

Republican governor candidate fires borrowed guns despite probation

By Chris Megerian
February 13, 2014, 5:55 p.m.

SACRAMENTO -- Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, Republican candidate for governor and outspoken gun-rights advocate, appears to have violated his probation agreement while firing borrowed weapons at an indoor gun range last week.

The San Bernardino County lawmaker was placed on probation for three years after taking a loaded gun to Ontario International Airport in his carry-on briefcase in 2012.

The terms of his plea deal say Donnelly cannot “personally use, own or possess any firearm that is not registered to him,” according to court records.

However, Donnelly used two borrowed handguns and a rifle while practicing shooting on a campaign stop in Santa Cruz County last Thursday ...


http://www.latimes.com/local/political/la-me-pc-tim-donnelly-gun-probation-20140213,0,5783271.story

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Republican governor candidate fires borrowed guns despite probation (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2014 OP
Revoke his probation and Philly Cowboy Feb 2014 #1
He broke his probation agreement. Sunlei Feb 2014 #2
I'll bet the NRA will provide a top notch lawyer for him. nt okaawhatever Feb 2014 #3
 

Philly Cowboy

(35 posts)
1. Revoke his probation and
Fri Feb 14, 2014, 10:51 AM
Feb 2014

throw his sorry butt in jail. We need to start enforcing what gun laws we do have, while we still have them.

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