Foreign Student Purchases Arsenal of semi auto weapons

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Didn't Violate Gun Sale Laws?????

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Judge says Ethiopian student didn't violate gun sales laws
January 3rd, 2008 @ 11:07am
PROVO, Utah (AP) -- A foreign student who watched violent video games and acquired an arsenal of semiautomatic weapons won't go to trial for allegedly proving false information when he purchased the weapons.

Charges filed against Ethiopian students Kiddus Chane Yohannes have been dropped after a 4th District judge said gun purchasing forms were ambiguous -- requiring some identifying numbers, but others optional.

The judge says Yohannes didn't break the law by providing a wrong, but optional number.

Yohannes had been scheduled for trial this week.

Police arrested the 20-year-old Utah Valley State College student in June after his roommates reported he had made threats against police.

------ Information from: Deseret Morning News,

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tmkjusticestudies

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Didn't violate gun sale laws???? Are you kidding me???
tmkjusticestudies

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Man Arrested for Illegally Purchasing Firearms Competent to Stand Trial September 7th, 2007 @ 11:48am (KSL News) The former UVSC student arrested for illegally purchasing firearms is competent to stand trial. Kidus Yohannes was arrested last June on charges that he illegally purchased guns using false identification and a stolen credit card. Yohannes has a previous criminal record. He was also arrested for carrying a concealed weapon without a license, and in 2005 he was charged with carrying a weapon on school grounds. His roommates say he was building an arsenal of weapons and was showing a fascination with mass violence. Yohannes will stand trial on September 20.