News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on November 10, 2023.

Police in Boone may have narrowly averted a mass shooting this week. According to WRAL, Peter Gabaree was asked to leave a popular bar in the college town. He went to his vehicle in the parking lot, where two patrons noticed that he was holding a handgun. They told the bar’s security staff, who called police. Officers responded and ultimately charged Gabaree with going armed to the terror of the public. In his vehicle, they found “a tactical vest, a shotgun, the pistol and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.” The police chief described Gabaree as “preparing weapons.” Keep reading for more news. SCOTUS not buying what Zackey Rahimi is selling? The Supreme Court of the United States held oral argument this week in United States v. Rahimi, the case in which the Fifth Circuit deemed unconstitutional the federal statute barring individuals subject to a DVPO from possessing a gun. I wrote about Rahimi here. Suffice it to say that the defendant isn’t a very sympathetic character. Pundits seem to agree that the Court is likely to reverse the Fifth Circuit and uphold the statute, but exactly how the Court will address or revise its recent Bruen decision remains to be seen. SCOTUSblog has a piece on the oral argument here. License plate reader company has NOL. Flock is a leading provider of license plate readers, which can be mounted on poles, buildings, or police vehicles, and which can “read” license plates in order to assist police in finding fugitives and solving [...]