Judge uses new law to take guns from Carmel man By James A. Gillaspy
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- A judge today blocked a Carmel man's attempt to retrieve his legally-owned guns from police custody.
The ruling by Hamilton Superior Court Judge Steve Nation may be the first use of a new state law enacted after the 2004 slaying of an Indianapolis policeman by a rampaging mental patient.
Carmel resident Brian Sloan, 39, appeared before Nation today to request the return of his .410 shotgun and 22-caliber rifle.
Both had been seized by Carmel police on Sept. 7 after Sloan's mother called them to report her son armed and drunk and in need of medical attention.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051108/NEWS01/511080503/1006*FW Note:OK. Let's get this up-front. Nobody really wants a sicko to have access to a gun.
His mommy said he was a bad boy in a bad mood and the cops used that opportunity to violate his rights. Now he's wearing a "mental-case" label and the cops have his guns.
But what had he done that was against the law or that harmed anyone? Was it the drunk and armed thing?
Like I said, nobody wants to deal with armed sickos, but what's the greater danger? The occassional danagerous person with a gun or the police being able to disarm citizens and impound their arms simply because their mother (or any other "concerned" citizen) asks them to?
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