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Aug 15, 2008

Man Who Brought Gun, Sword to Capitol Hill Sentenced to 22 Years

The Hill reports that Michael Gorbey, the Virginia man who was convicted on weapons charges stemming from his January arrest for carrying a loaded shot gun and a samurai sword with him around Capitol Hill, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. That’s a pretty staggering sentence, which is the result of Gorbey’s conviction on 14 charges, including one for possessing and transporting a “weapon of mass destruction.” A couple of weeks after his…

 
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