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500 guns found in Sudbury home
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| MarkT |
crazy. Imagine if the wrong people knew of this, broke in, and cleaned the place out.
no details on how these were acquired or whether or not they are legal and registered (I'm guessing not), but how the f does someone accumulate this and not be on some radar *somewhere*? $1000 fine is the end result? lol...wow.
http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/425648
| quote: | Sudbury man's home has 500 guns
May 16, 2006
SUDBURY–A 76-year-old man has agreed to give up his cache of weapons and pay a $1,000 fine on three firearms-related charges.
When police entered Georgio Bassetti's apartment on Feb. 29, they found rooms filled with hundreds of weapons, ammunition and bullet holes in the ceiling. It took police days to remove the weapons.
Assistant Crown attorney Karen Lische told court yesterday that police got a call that someone in the apartment had fired a weapon.
Tactical squad officers entered Bassetti's apartment and found him in an intoxicated state and noted six gunshot holes in the ceiling.
A female tenant in the apartment one floor up said it sounded like a gunshot had struck "right under" where she sat at her computer.
As they explored the apartment, police found "boxes and boxes" of items, including weapons and ammunition, Lische said.
"In one room there was nothing but rifles."
Bassetti had built a room with a metal door and metal bars on the window that was full of weapons.
"He said he did not lock it, even when he went out," said Lische.
In all, police found 500 guns.
There were also "hundreds of live rounds" of ammunition ``strewn about the apartment," said Lische.
The Canadian Press |
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| nusty |
btw if he only got three weapons related charges im guessing most of them were actually registered since i think you can get a charge for each weapon if they arent? maybe there is a charge titled "500 weapons and over" then one for bullets around the place and a final one for shooting the ceiling cat.
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| Orko |
Probably was a gun collector, who lost a few screws and started shooting up the place instead of going to target practice.
Guns are part of northern Canadian life, so it may just not have been a big deal for them. |
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| The Ear |
But 500?
Come on. |
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| me@t k@tie |
^^^ yeah exactly. We have like 5 rifles (all registered and properly locked up). I don't even know why we have so many. I guess it depends on what my dad is hunting. But 500 guns???! That's a bit much. I would be really nervous if I lived near someone who has 500 guns. I feel sorry for whoever lives above his apartment!
And WTF. $1000??? That's IT? |
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| Orko |
| I could see you guys being worried with a young guy with 10-20 guns or so. But 500, and 76 years old, no. There is no way he is going to go any where with that many guns. How would he move that much weight? |
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| me@t k@tie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
I could see you guys being worried with a young guy with 10-20 guns or so. But 500, and 76 years old, no. There is no way he is going to go any where with that many guns. How would he move that much weight? |
well he seems a bit eccentric and irresponsible with these guns. That's what would make me feel uneasy. If he had them all registered and locked away, and if he didn't target practise in his apartment, I don't think this would be worth writing an article about. |
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| Capo di tutti |
Dosne't take much to be a Cop, literally...how can they not investigate him as being a dealer? lol wow
thats actually mindblowing. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by me@t k@tie
well he seems a bit eccentric and irresponsible with these guns. That's what would make me feel uneasy. If he had them all registered and locked away, and if he didn't target practise in his apartment, I don't think this would be worth writing an article about. |
I'm thinking he just got old, a bit senile, and shot at his ceiling. Almost good that they got the guns at this stage, rather than before he goes totally crazy. |
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