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Ohio Man Arrested for Possessing a Gun in a Movie Theater - was a crime committed?
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<blockquote data-quote="mugsy" data-source="post: 1867203" data-attributes="member: 18914"><p>Here is the link:</p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/07/ohio-man-allegedly-brings-handgun-extra-ammo-into-movie-theater/" target="_blank">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/07/ohio-man-allegedly-brings-handgun-extra-ammo-into-movie-theater/</a></p><p></p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p>Here is the text for the linking challenged:</p><p></p><p>Authorities say a Cleveland-area man has been arrested for carrying a gun, ammunition and several knives into a showing of the "The Dark Knight Rises."</p><p></p><p>Scott Smith, 37, was arrested and charged after police discovered a loaded 9-mm. handgun, two additional ammo magazines and four knives, police say.</p><p></p><p>The manager at the theater and a security guard reportedly noticed Smiths odd behavior prior to his arrest. He was an hour early for the 10 p.m. film, and he sat alone with a satchel in the back row of the theater waiting for the film to begin at the Regal Cinemas at Crocker Park.</p><p></p><p>The security guard, an off-duty police officer, asked Smith if he could look inside the bag and discovered the weapons, police say.</p><p></p><p>Security in movie theaters across the country has intensified after the July shooting in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 and wounded 58. </p><p></p><p>A search warrant for Smiths home was obtained by authorities and numerous weapons were seized, police say. He also allegedly had hundreds of pictures of guns on his phone.</p><p></p><p>Smith is currently held in the Westlake City jail awaiting transfer to Cuyahoga Countys jail. He has been charged on six counts related to the incident, including charges violating Ohios gun laws.</p><p></p><p>Police say that Smith could be facing additional charges related to the incident.</p><p></p><p>Smith has no prior criminal record, police say.</p><p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p></p><p>So what crime did this man commit? </p><p>I checked (with an app so it might be less than lawyer-quality info) Ohio gun law and movie theaters are not, as a group, prohibited areas. So unless he lacked a weapons permit (not mentioned in the article) he appears to have been legal. His weapons at home should have been legal too - there is no Ohio registration requirement. Maybe he violated the theater's "No Gun" policy if they had one but again this wasn't mentioned. I am not sure if this is a case of over-reaction or poor reporting so that critical facts are missing.</p><p></p><p>What say you?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mugsy, post: 1867203, member: 18914"] Here is the link: [URL="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/07/ohio-man-allegedly-brings-handgun-extra-ammo-into-movie-theater/"]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/07/ohio-man-allegedly-brings-handgun-extra-ammo-into-movie-theater/[/URL] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the text for the linking challenged: Authorities say a Cleveland-area man has been arrested for carrying a gun, ammunition and several knives into a showing of the "The Dark Knight Rises." Scott Smith, 37, was arrested and charged after police discovered a loaded 9-mm. handgun, two additional ammo magazines and four knives, police say. The manager at the theater and a security guard reportedly noticed Smiths odd behavior prior to his arrest. He was an hour early for the 10 p.m. film, and he sat alone with a satchel in the back row of the theater waiting for the film to begin at the Regal Cinemas at Crocker Park. The security guard, an off-duty police officer, asked Smith if he could look inside the bag and discovered the weapons, police say. Security in movie theaters across the country has intensified after the July shooting in Aurora, Colo., that killed 12 and wounded 58. A search warrant for Smiths home was obtained by authorities and numerous weapons were seized, police say. He also allegedly had hundreds of pictures of guns on his phone. Smith is currently held in the Westlake City jail awaiting transfer to Cuyahoga Countys jail. He has been charged on six counts related to the incident, including charges violating Ohios gun laws. Police say that Smith could be facing additional charges related to the incident. Smith has no prior criminal record, police say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So what crime did this man commit? I checked (with an app so it might be less than lawyer-quality info) Ohio gun law and movie theaters are not, as a group, prohibited areas. So unless he lacked a weapons permit (not mentioned in the article) he appears to have been legal. His weapons at home should have been legal too - there is no Ohio registration requirement. Maybe he violated the theater's "No Gun" policy if they had one but again this wasn't mentioned. I am not sure if this is a case of over-reaction or poor reporting so that critical facts are missing. What say you? [/QUOTE]
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