Be Careful With That Sword In Your Shorts

         When and where is a decorative sword stuffed in your shorts considered a weapon? Never in Saskatchewan anyway.

        A Canadian Appeals judge has held that reasonable doubt existed when a man who bought a decorative sword from a friend and stuffed in his shorts to take it home because he didn’t have a bag or backpack to put it in.

         Teran Laplante was charged with carrying a concealed weapon when someone complained to police that he saw him with a black handled sword in a sheath in his shorts.

         The Appellate Judge held that the decorative sword that the man had in his shorts didn’t fit the definition of a weapon in the applicable criminal code. The man was previously found not guilty of the crime, but the prosecutors appealed to this higher court. The Judge said that the prosecutors failed to prove the sword was designed to cause harm.

      Utah is on the verge of naming the M1911 Colt Semiautomatic Pistol as the official firearm of Utah. 

        The Utah Senate is awaiting is awaiting passage of this measure by the House after an Amendment was added to the Bill that clarifies that the Legislature does not condone the use of the gun by criminals or to harm people.

        This magnificent handgun was one of many innovative designs of Ogden Gunsmith, John Moses Browning.  Older vets swear by the stopping power of the 1911, The Browning Automatic Rifle, the M1919 .30 caliber machinegun, the Browning M1917A1 .30-cal. water-cooled machine gun, with which Marine hero John Basilone used in the South Pacific to win his Medal of Honor, and The Browning 9mm.

         There were countless other firearms innovations created by this genius.  The M2 .50 caliber has been a workhorse with the U.S. Military for years and still strikes fear in those on the wrong end of it. German and Japanese pilots who survived can attest to the power of the .50 caliber armor piercing incendiary tracer (APIT) round fired by as many as six or more machineguns at them at once by U.S. fighter planes, and the many more used by B 17, B 24, B 25, and other bomber crews. And, of course, the BMG .50 caliber round has been the backbone of the Barrett rifle line.

Utah is the first state to name an official state firearm, and anti gunners are apoplectic, at the least.

Utah County's Most Wanted 

Wanted individuals SHOULD NOT be arrested based solely 

on the information contained in this list. For warrant verification, 

or if you have information pertaining to any of these individuals,

 call Utah County Sheriff's Office at 801-851-4034. 

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	UTAH COUNTY'S MOST WANTED FUGITIVES
	ADAMS, MARCUS BARRY DOB: 3/5/1974 Charges: ILLEGAL POSSESSION USE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE X2
	ALLEN, RICHARD JOHN DOB: 2/16/1974 Charges: BURGLARY OF A VEHICLE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER/INTOXICATION
	ALPIZAR, BERNARDO DOB: 8/23/1963 Charges: Aggravated Sex Abuse of a Child
	AVILA, EVERADO DOB: 8/29/1956 Charges: FELONY DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS-ALCOHOL/
	BELTRAN, TANYA STEPHANIE DOB: 6/9/1985 Charges: FELONY UNLAWFUL USE OF A FINANCIAL CARD
	BENTLEY, BRANDY LENEE DOB: 3/1/1979 Charges: FELONY ENDANGERMENT OF CHILD OR ELDERY ADULT/ POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA/
	BOETTCHER, TANJA DOB: 9/29/1969 Charges: FELONY CREDIT CARD FRAUD
	BORDEN, CHRISTOPHER WM DOB: 1/4/1973 Charges: SEXUAL ASSAULT
	BRITO, RAUL A DOB: 1/19/1979 Charges: Criminal Homicide
	BUNKER, JESS AMOS DOB: 11/2/1979 Charges: AGGRAVATED SEX ABUSE OF A CHILD
	CARROLL, IAN SCOTT DOB: 6/13/1976 Charges: FTA
	CLARK, LORI DOB: 10/3/1971 Charges: FELONY POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
	CLEMENT, JAMIE LEE DOB: 8/12/1981 Charges: POSSESSION AND OR USE OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA X2
	CLINE, ROBERT EARL DOB: 9/18/1986 Charges: Wanted for 13 warrants issued out of various agencies and various charges.
	CONNER, SAMUEL JASON DOB: 12/16/1974 Charges: FELONY FORGERY
	CRISTOBAL, LYDELL MARCO DOB: 1/22/1979 Charges: FELONY THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY
	DIAMOND, JAREN J DOB: 9/6/1977 Charges: SEXUAL BATTERY
	ESCUDERO, WALTER LEONARDO DOB: 3/31/1981 Charges: FELONY ARSON/ VIOLATION OF A PROTECTIVE ORDER
	ESTRADA, DAVID DOB: 5/6/1989 Charges: FELONY UNLAWFUL SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH A MINOR
	FLOREA, STEVEN GEORGE DOB: 9/11/1956 Charges: FELONY CREDIT CARD FRAUD
	FORRISI, ANTHONY VINCINT DOB: 8/3/1982 Charges: FELONY POSSESSION OR USE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
	GABORSKI, FAITH SUZANN DOB: 9/13/1979 Charges: FELONY THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY
	GALLEGOS, EMMANUEL DOB: 8/13/1989 Charges: FELONY ATTEMPTED CHILD KIDNAPING
	GARDNER, LISA DOB: 1/11/1967 Charges: POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
	GARRIDO, RAFAEL ALEXANDER DOB: 1/3/1990 Charges: FELONY BURGLARY/
	GOMEZ-BARRERA, JUAN FRANCISCO DOB: 1/10/1986 Charges: FELONY SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION
	GOMEZ-SANCHEZ ISIDRO DOB: 10/28/1972 Charges: FELONY FORCIBLE SODOMY
	GORDON, CANDICE LYNN DOB: 10/11/1982 Charges: FELONY COMMUNICATIONS FRAUDX2 / FELONY ISSUING A BAD CHECK OR DRAFT
	GUNSAY, KRISTEN P DOB: 12/31/1965 Charges: FELONY CUSTODIAL INTERFERENCE
	HARDY, CLINTON SHAU