Gotta Catch Them All

By James Rummel

Police in Boston, Massachusetts claim to have foiled a pair of misfits who threatened to kill attendees at the Pokemon World Championships, which was held just this past weekend.

Seems the event is by invitation only, and the two were slated to compete in the Masters Division. They drove to Boston from Iowa, and tried to enter the convention building the day before everything started. Police were waiting, and turned them away.

It took a few hours, but police then obtained a search warrant that allowed them to check the interior of the car the two were driving. They found guns and ammunition, as well as a lone hunting knife.

Since the state of Massachusetts has some pretty restrictive gun laws, the authorities were then able to arrest the pair. Near as I can tell their offenses were that they had magazines for the AR style rifle which could hold more than ten rounds, and they didn’t have licenses for their guns which would allow them to transport them inside the state.

The police say that they foiled a mass shooting, saving …read more

Source:: Hell In a Handbasket