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Originally Posted by Newbiesaukee
This is WMUR re: previous gun problems:
"Ward's prison sentence for criminal threatening with his gun on his own property isn't the first time he's come up against law enforcement.
In 2002, he was fined for 'unauthorized use of firearms' for being in a 'compact part of Moultonborough' and 'discharging a pistol ... without written permission of the chief of police.'
Bird paid a $480 fine. His wife, Virginia, said it was an accident while Bird was target practicing."
I guess one could take the position that this is irrrelevant to the present episode; but then to be consistent, the women's past history is just as irrelevant to the present episode.
I don't know Ward Bird, but just trying to point out the slippery slope of wanting all past actions to be admissable in court. If I did not have all the 'facts' as presented on the Forum, I might just think this guy is pretty irresponsible if he had two run-ins with the law regarding firearms.
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Thanks Newbiesaukee…..but I think that if the trial would have let both sides bring up the past of the victim and the accused, we all know who would have been the winner and loser in that deal.