Sentences with phrase «illegal handgun»

A senior judge in Toronto has excluded the seizure of an illegal handgun from evidence as a result of police arbitrarily detaining a young black man and then beating him to the point of needing to be treated in hospital.

The Defendant, Leroy Smickle, had been charged with possession of an illegal handgun.

Although the mandatory minimum sentences for the unlawful possession of firearms in certain circumstances has been recently declared to be unconstitutional, a person who is caught with a loaded, unregistered, and illegal handgun is very likely to receive a 3 - 4 year prison sentence for a first offence.

Her ex-boyfriend used an illegal handgun to deny her, her freedom of pursuing her dreams without him.

They (the pistol permit holders of NYS) never got involved in a massacre, but we got to punish them for what some punk did on the street with an illegal handgun.

Thursday morning, 93 illegal handguns were display inside Victory Christian Church in Albany.

Dicker has made clear his view that banning assault weapons will do little to reduce gun violence in New York, which is most often carried out with illegal handguns.

The program, which aims to reduce the number of illegal handguns and other firearms on the streets, will reward participants who surrender eligible weapons with a $ 200 pre-paid cash card, no questions asked.

Not exact matches

Busha told police he had misdialed 911, but deputies said they noticed a handgun in a holster on a table and signs of illegal drugs at Busha's home, which was near an elementary school.

Given the strict controls on the possession and use of handguns in Canada, it is safe to say that most handguns used in crimes are illegal ones, smuggled into the country.

In the UK, where the cops are now armed and it is illegal to own a handgun and hard to own a rifle, last year only 32 people were killed with firearms.

Number one, AR - 15s are semi-automatic just like handguns (fully automatic weapons are already illegal and should remain so).

During the 1997 North Hollywood Bank Shootout in California, a time when Assault Weapons were (and still are) illegal in California, two bank robbers armed with illegal assault weapons and illegal 100 round magazines held off 200 policemen armed with only shotguns and handguns for 20 minutes, injuring 17 people before they were taken down.

This technology doesn't exist today, and every semi-auto handgun you own today will become illegal to buy or sell the moment this bill, if passed, takes effect.

It is illegal to sell a handgun to someone under the age of 21, but those over age 18 can purchase shotguns and rifles.

In 1999 the California legislature followed by making it illegal to manufacture and sell the handguns.

While there may well be a legal basis supporting a conviction for 10 difference offenses arising from a single criminal action (a friend tells the story, which may be apocryphal, of a fellow who was carrying a handgun with nine bullets and was charged with illegal posession of a firearm and 9 counts of attempted murder - one for each bullet).

A person who has a valid concealed handgun license or who is a qualified military member and who is discovered conveying, possessing, or controlling a deadly weapon in violation of division (A) or (B) of this section is subject to removal from the premises but is not guilty of illegal conveyance of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance into a courthouse or of illegal possession or control of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance in a courthouse, as applicable.

Owning handguns below the age of 21 is illegal in Florida, but no arrests were ever made.