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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 Volume 134, Issue 9 Be sure to log on to our Friday online edition. THE SMOKING OUN A rise in Newark criine has included invaders with firearn1s and the discussion of gun laws rages on seepage3 2 October 23, 2007 2 News 6 Who's who in Newark 12 Editorial 13 Opinion 17 Mosaic 21 delaware UNdressed 26 Classifieds 28 Sports. THE REVIEW/Jessica Eisenbrey Danyol, an artist from San Francisco, created this work for the Art of Can exhibition in Philadelphia. 28 Sports Commentary Check out these articles and more on udreview.com • UNIV. OFFICIALS CONSIDER EXPANDING ONLINE TESTING · • STUDENTS SUPPLY BLUE AND GOLD CLUB WITH HOME-GROWN VEGETABLES CONSTANTLY UPDATED: THE INK • SLINGER AND EXCITE THE FEDS BLOGS . THE REVIEW/Steven Gold THE REVIEW/Jenny Bolen A student wears ·"beer goggles" at the Get Saul Hoffman gave a speech titled the "National Cost Wacky, Not Wasted event in Bacchus Theater. of Teen Pregnancy" last Wednesday in Gore Hall. 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The ideas and opinions of advertisements appearing in this Sarah Niles Managing News Editors Fashion Forward Columnist publication are not necessarily those of The Review staff or the university. Sarah Kenney, Joe Zimmermann Larissa Cruz October 23, 2007 3 Amid arrests, gun-law debate continues lncredse in violent crime spurs Newark police action .. BY KATIE ROGERS a robbery, the crime is automatically classi­ City News Editor fied as a robbery in the first degree, a level City police forces are Working to .com­ B felony, which is punishable with up to 25 . bat a recent increase in- crimes within years in prison. The minimum jail time for Newark which have targeted students. In this type of offense would be three years in several of the incidents, suspects have been prison, he said. armed, highlighting a growing threat of gun Henry said armed robbers are almost violence. always charged with carrying a concealed On Oct. 5, three unidentified suspects deadly weapon without a permit. · held up nine stu~ents at gunpoint in the Cpl. Thomas Maiura of the Newark Main Street Court apartment complex dur­ Police Department said most firearms used ing a party. during robberies are purchased on the black · A similar incident occurred Oct. 8 in market. Most transactions occur in inner College Park on Madison Drive, when three cities, but these weapons are available wide­ unidentified suspects robbed three 19-year­ ly throughout the state~ . olc:l students with a shotgun during a home "One thing leads to another," Maiura invasion. said. "Guns become a type of currency in The next day, a 17-year-old male from this market. People purchase them illegally, Brookside Park pulled out a handgun on the and then let's say they want to get high. That comer of Haines Street and East Main Street person will sell a $300 to $400 gun for a $20 during a verbal altercation with university piece of crack rock. If you're in that kind of students. game, these things become available to While city crime is reportedly down for you." the year, Lt. Brian Henry of the Newark He said in the state of Delaware, a per­ Police Department said there has been a son does not have to have a license to carry spike in reported crimes in the past five to a firearm. If a person is interested in pur­ six weeks. chasing a weapon, they need to pass a back­ Henry said there is no way to tell what THE REVIEW/Nina Buckalew ground check, corroborated by the Bureau Many of the recent off-campus home invasions have involved firearms. sparked the increase but it may be because of Identification in Dover. At the bureau, the university is back in session. there is a repository of all in and out-of-state "We try to tell everyone that if you're months to get a gun there," Kyle said. "When students return here, there is records, which allows investigators to locate having these open parties, people are going "Also, if you want a pistol, you have to reg­ definitely a larger victim base," he said. any protection of abuse orders. These orders to come right in," he said. "They're thugs, ister with your local police department. It's "Although crime tends to be year-round, it are what could possibly disqualify a person and they're not here to party. They're here ' not like that in Delaware. Here you can walk is also cyclical, occurring in bunches. Right from purchasing a fireatrn. to hold you up. If they have a gun on them, right in and get one." now, we are in an upswing of cycles of "Basically, if your record is clean, you they're-going to equalize the amount of peo­ He said he is a conservative student and crime." can get a weapon within five to ten min­ ple in that party real quick." feels the gun laws in the state are very fair. Henry said there is rio way of knowing utes," Maiura said. Many in~idents involve non-students "It's true, you can ge~ a gun in about ten where people are acquiring illegal weapons. Bob Miller, co-owner of Miller's Gun from out of Newark mixing in at student minutes here, but in those ten minutes they However, he said having stricter gun-con­ Center, Inc. in New Castle, said all guns parties, Maiura said. It is not uncommon to are doing a background check on you," Kyle trol laws in place would not make a differ­ must be purchased in the buyer's state of find residents . from Wilmington, said. "I personally feel this is fine .. Most ence. residence. On Nov. 30, 1998, the FBI insti­ Philadelphia and surrounding areas at par­ guns used in crime are not purchased legal­ "Laws typically aren't the problem," tuted a nationwide system of ·background ties on the weekends, especially during the ly." Henry said. "The people who obey gun laws checks for gun purchases. The state of past two semesters, he said. He said he is aware of the recent spike aren't the ones using weapons illegally:. The Delaware has a similar system, which Students need to be ·aware of this and in crime but tries not to worry too much law isn't always the answer, so to say that requires those interested in purchasing a watch their behavior on weekends, he said. about it. strengthening the law would affect people firearm go through a longer process. "While you have the absolute right to "People have a right to own firearms as carrying guns probably wouldn't do any jus- "Delaware is definitely one of the walk down the street at 2 a.m., if you're long as they are safe about it," Kyle said. tice." · toughest states to purchase a gun in within doing that while intoxicated, it's like putting "Just don't let it get in the hands of anyone If a suspect is armed when committing the entire union," Miller said. "If you have chocolate in front of'<! kid," Maiura said. else. You can only do so much under the any crime against another person, domestic "You will be subject to crime. This is a bad­ law." violence charges or a misdemeanor, you guy buffet. They pick the ones they want Both Henry and Maiura said they feel lose your privilege to carry a firearm for and take them" the Newark Police Department is being life." . Chief James Flatley of Public Safety proactive in attempts to deter violent crime Ninety-seven percent of people who said the university does not allow firearms both on and off campus. attempt to purchase a firearm in Delaware anywhere on campus. Those living in resi­ Mauira said the police department is pass the criminal-background check, he dence halls are not permitted to have any often criticized for being too harsh on said. ,, re state gun law~ a:pply weapons, but off-campus students are not underage alcohol consumption and its 1guous" states, meamng any Miller said he feels people who pur­ subject to the same restrictions. efforts to curb other crimes are overlooked. ng states.

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