Lowell Police Confiscate BB Guns And Pellet Rifle
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 9 months ago
LOWELL — Police confiscated four replica guns from a 22-year-old Lowell man Saturday afternoon in the first instance of the new city ban on such weapons being enforced, according to police.
Officers were called to the area behind CVS at 1815 Middlesex St., Saturday at 2:53 p.m., after getting calls reporting a man who appeared to have a rifle, according to police.
Officers found Sharif Eltobgi and two females, whose identities were not released, on the train tracks that run under the Rourke Bridge, and Eltobgi had four weapons that are banned by the new ordinance, according to Capt. Timothy Crowley.
Police say what the rifle callers saw was actually a pellet gun, and that Eltobgi also had two BB handguns and a starter pistol that are covered by the ban.
“This incident is a prime example of the alarm that can be caused to the public when confronted with a subject armed with a replica firearm,” Crowley wrote in a press release.
The City Council passed the ban on replica guns with a 7-2 vote at its meeting on Feb. 9 to address police concerns about the confusion that can be caused by such weapons.
William Taylor is responsible for this, the very same one who wants to review your essay before approving your handgun permit.
This is the Lowell police at their finest, protecting the public from Islamic terrorism and Hispanic and Latino drug gangs. Don’t you feel safer?
And how long is Smith & Wesson going to stay in this horrible state before relocating to America?
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On February 25, 2016 at 10:13 am, Fred said:
I’m 100 percent sure that we could find more than equitable accommodation for Smith & Wesson here in TN. They are welcome anytime. Ask Beretta and Advanced Munitions International (AMI), they know.
On February 25, 2016 at 11:16 am, Damocles said:
You know, I spent my childhood wandering around the NW Connecticut forest with a pellet gun. Now I spend my adulthood wandering around the SE Wyoming mountains with a real gun. I can never go back to the NE United States. It must be rough living as a tax slave in Massachusetts.
On February 25, 2016 at 11:20 am, Herschel Smith said:
The times are a-changin’. Well, I guess they’ve already changed.
On February 25, 2016 at 11:27 am, Damocles said:
Sadly that is true Herschel. Ironically we have a bit more freedom out west than in the states of the birth of this country. Funny enough, when a lot of towns were started out here in the mid to late 1800s, they had ordinances against carrying firearms, much like Big Whiskey in the film The Unforgiven. Now it is the complete opposite.
On February 25, 2016 at 11:39 am, Herschel Smith said:
Boy that is one dark movie. You don’t watch that one for kicks and thrills. I have to be in a special mood for that kind of darkness.
“I guess I’ve shot just about everything … men, women, animals, children …” or something to that effect.
On February 25, 2016 at 1:29 pm, joe said:
Yea, dark is the right adjective for Unforgiven … I like westerns where the good guys and the bad guys are clearly delineated … in Unforgiven, there are no good guys …
On February 25, 2016 at 2:05 pm, UNCLEELMO said:
“That’s right. I’ve killed women and children. I’ve killed just about everything that walks or crawled at one time or another. And I’m here to kill you, Little Bill, for what you did to Ned.”
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/quotes
On February 26, 2016 at 7:31 am, Danny Ray said:
Exactly how can one be armed with a replica firearm exactly how can one be armed with a replica firearm ?