[extropy-chat] FWD [forteana] Gunning for trouble

[Terry W. Colvin]

[The police chief should go to jail, too.  -Terry]


http://wetrack.it/xposed/a/47/e/243

Grandpa Has 500 Guns

Xposed, May 2005
By AP Staff

RIDGEFIELD, N.J.
A day after police escorted a disoriented elderly woman to her home, they
returned with a search warrant and found a massive cache of weapons and
gunpowder.

Nearly 500 guns, including AK-47s and high-powered rifles, 500 pounds of
gunpowder and 100,000 rounds of ammunition were taken Wednesday from the
home of Elizabeth and Sherwin Raymond, both 82.

Sherwin Raymond, a former physician and known gun enthusiast, has twice
spent time in prison: in the early 1970s for performing illegal abortions
and later that decade for selling silencer-equipped submachine guns.
Convicted felons are not permitted to own guns.

"People knew he was a (gun) collector, but no one suspected the magnitude of
what was found," police Chief John Bogovich told The Record of Bergen County
for Thursday's newspapers. "This will be a monumental task to inventory."

Police said they sought the warrant after bringing Elizabeth Raymond back to
her home on Memorial Day and seeing the windows and doors open.

Police suspect many of weapons might have been bought at gun shows. Federal
authorities are expected to investigate where they were purchased and
whether they had ever been used in crimes.

Sherwin Raymond was charged with creating a hazardous condition and his bail
was set at $25,000. Police guarded him Wednesday at a Hackensack hospital
while he received dialysis treatment. His wife, who was not charged, was
taken to a nearby hospital so she did not have to be alone.



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