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Turkish Shop Owner Arrested for Shooting Gun in Air
9 July 2013
Today's Zaman (Istanbul)
A shop owner who was enraged by continuing protests near his shop in Taksim was detained by police after he fired a gun into the air in a move to scare away protesters on Monday.
He was sent to jail after being questioned by an İstanbul prosecutor at the Çağlayan Courthouse on Tuesday.
The court judge ruled for his arrest for violation of Law No. 6136, as he put people's lives in danger by firing a gun in a public... (GunPolicy.org)