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HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- An airport screener who is a registered sex offender faces life in prison after a weekend rampage in which he fired shots throughout his apartment complex and then set fire to one of the buildings, officials said.

Nathaniel Lee Kewanyama, 22, screened passengers at Hobby Airport. He was employed by Max Aero, a Houston- based airport security company contracted to do business at Hobby.

Early Sunday, police said, Kewanyama entered his apartment in southeast Houston and found three people inside. Police would not identify who they were or how they got to be there.

Police said the people told Kewanyama to leave, but he came back a short while later "fully armed" with a number of weapons, including an AR-15 semi- automatic rifle.

"He fired dozens of rounds," said Houston Police spokesman John Cannon. "It's a miracle no one was shot."

When police began arriving at the complex, Kewanyama barricaded himself in another apartment and set fire to it to keep police away. Police then arrested Kewanyama, who was shirtless and had a tattoo of a woman on his chest.

He was charged with one count of arson and three counts of burglary with attempted aggravated assault. The burglary charges are felonies and each carry up to 99 years in prison.

As I get to say in praticuly every Sheppered Thread

Thus the world we live in

Mr Bean wrote:As I get to say in praticuly every Sheppered Thread

Thus the world we live in

EHEHEHEH.

Note how he was charged with burgalry and arson, not firing wildly with
an AR-15? Gotta love TEXAS!

Note how he was charged with burgalry and arson, not firing wildly with
an AR-15? Gotta love TEXAS

Hey he was probably just trying to hit a Fly, Heck everybody does it some-times

You live in a sick country, populated by sick people who has made sick laws...

Pendragon wrote:You live in a sick country, populated by sick people who has made sick laws...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

GOD
BLESS
AMERICA!

Pendragon wrote:You live in a sick country, populated by sick people who has made sick laws...

Planning a visit soon?

Hey! Theres a diffrence between sick laws and idiot laws!

Tsyroc wrote:Planning a visit soon?

Been there... I have more than mr Sheppard to go on when I cast judgement on the US... not that I really need it though...

To be sure, if I came home at night and found three unidentified persons in my home who told me to get out... I wouldn't do what he did. That is, I would not miss like he did.

Pendragon wrote:

Tsyroc wrote:Planning a visit soon?

Been there... I have more than mr Sheppard to go on when I cast judgement on the US... not that I really need it though...

Where did you go?

Minnesota....

The Gun racks at walmart sorta put me off...

My question is, why would you hire a registered offender as an airport screener? And what's the difference between a regualr offender and a registered offender?

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:My question is, why would you hire a registered offender as an airport screener? And what's the difference between a regualr offender and a registered offender?

I think that simply means that were ever he lived required sex offenders to register with the local police, thus putting it on what's often public record for all to see.

Pendragon wrote:Minnesota....

The Gun racks at walmart sorta put me off...

Ah, but in Minnesota there are lots of deer and various types of birds to be shot by hunters. It's possible that the hunters could use the same gun for everything but where's the fun in that. Multiple guns means you need a place to store them (gun rack), although these days the smart and responsible gun enthusiast has a gun safe to lock his/her guns in. It's much better if there are children who might be around and it makes it difficult for the guns to be stolen as well.

Pendragon wrote:Minnesota....

The Gun racks at walmart sorta put me off...

Good GOD, man! You get put off by massive displays of firearms?!?

You should see the West Virginia Wal-Marts!

Or god forbid, an entire shed full of firearms row after row of them
in a barn in Virginia near my dad's house.

Ahh nothing like massed Fire-power to wish you where there looking at it.

Mind you, even up here in relatively pacifist Canada, I've seen similar racks at the local sporting-goods store.

The biggest difference is that you need to go through a lot more red tape in order to get the guns. In the US, it is popular to argue that guns should be immediately available as an impulse purchase, like potato chips.

Darth Wong wrote:Mind you, even up here in relatively pacifist Canada, I've seen similar racks at the local sporting-goods store.

The biggest difference is that you need to go through a lot more red tape in order to get the guns. In the US, it is popular to argue that guns should be immediately available as an impulse purchase, like potato chips.

You can't impulse buy them here in the US.

First, you must fill out Form 4473, and then the Federal Firearms
Licensee must call the National Instant Check System.

If NICS is down, you're fucked, and you must then wait. And then of course,
your mileage may vary according to your State. Kalifornicating is notorious
for it's red tape.

MKSheppard wrote:You can't impulse buy them here in the US.

First, you must fill out Form 4473, and then the Federal Firearms
Licensee must call the National Instant Check System.

If NICS is down, you're fucked, and you must then wait. And then of course,
your mileage may vary according to your State. Kalifornicating is notorious
for it's red tape.

I thought you could buy them with no red tape at all from gun shows. Wasn't this one of the loopholes people were talking about?

Acutal Mike there is a Ton of Red-Tape to get INTO the Gun-show and a Ton on the way out but when your acutal there its about as easy as getting a stick of gum and a soda at the local convience Store

Diffrent Stats have diffrent Laws Concering Gun-Shows

To quote the Simpson
Two Days? But I'm Angrey Now!-Homer
Some states have one day or as long as two week waiting periods to prevent *crimes of pasion that even if the NICS is up and running once you buy the gun you can't pick it up until after the elapsed Period.

Darth Wong wrote: I thought you could buy them with no red tape at all from gun shows. Wasn't this one of the loopholes people were talking about?

*sigh*

Yet another mind corrupted by propaganda.

I tried to buy a MAK-90 once at a gunshow. According to the press, I should
have been able to walk away with this mean sucker over my shoulder:





The Guy selling it behind the table says: "Sorry, can't do that. You're
not 21, and there's a waiting period for "assault rifles" in maryland."

See, if you want a table at a gunshow, you have to go get a permit
from the person who runs the show, and in order to do that in most
cases, you need a Federal Firearms License. All guns sold through
a FFL dealer have to be put on paper through the Form 4473s, and
they must go through the National Instant Background Check System.

What the anti-gun forces want to do is to do away with PRIVATE sales
completely.

See, according to the ATF, if you sell less than six guns a YEAR, you
qualify as a private collector, and you don't have to go through
the 4473 filling out and the background check if you decided to sell
your old Hunting rifle or what-have-you-not to your friend.

EDIT: "Closing the Gun-Show loophole" would make private sales
illegal, and it would mean that if you wanted to give your cheap
$60 dollar beater to a friend, etc, you'd have to go through all the
hassle of the NICS.

NICS is sometimes up, and sometimes it's down. Everyone at a Gun Show
FUCKING HATES it when NICS goes down, because when it's down, the
"waiting period" goes into effect, and that means you cannot leave with
any firearms. You have to pay for the gun, and then pick it up from the
dealer's store on Monday, and the dealer may live 100+ miles from you,
so it severely retards sales when it is down.

In some states, they charge a fee for running NICS. I forget which ones
though.....

NICS is annoying as all hell. It's down more then half the time where I am. I've had to pass on some great deals because the system was down and the dealer was three hours drive away in a town I'd never heard of.

I guess I can live with only two AR-15's though..

Tsyroc wrote:

Pendragon wrote:Minnesota....

The Gun racks at walmart sorta put me off...

Ah, but in Minnesota there are lots of deer and various types of birds to be shot by hunters. It's possible that the hunters could use the same gun for everything but where's the fun in that. Multiple guns means you need a place to store them (gun rack), although these days the smart and responsible gun enthusiast has a gun safe to lock his/her guns in. It's much better if there are children who might be around and it makes it difficult for the guns to be stolen as well.

Ok so it was the guns in the gunracks that bothered me, not the racks themselves. You see, in lil' ol' backwards sweden we dont see a lot of guns. Basically only cops have them. So to see rack upon rack of them displayed in the supermarket was more than a tad bit weird...

Out of Cursioty how much was that MAK-90 Shep?

Been awhile since I've been to a gunshow