A zip gun boobytrap, one of several elaborate devices that a suspected drug offender used in attempting to kill a police detective, constitutes a “personal use of a firearm” under California law, according to state appeals court decision in a case of first impression.
Monday’s ruling by California’s Fourth District Court of Appeal begins: “None of the usual suspects such as Wile E. Coyote, Elmer Fudd or Yosemite Sam, not even Boris or Natasha, ever eclipsed what defendant did here,” referring to the well-known cartoon characters.
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