Police find an arsenal in apartment after blast (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)

[Cirque du So-What]

Source: Akron Beacon Journal

Police find an arsenal in apartment after blast
Man has weapons and bombs in his Cuyahoga Falls home

By Phil Trexler and Gina Mace
Beacon Journal writers

POSTED: 06:32 a.m. EST, Nov 25, 2009

An explosion inside a Cuyahoga Falls apartment building led police to a weapons arsenal that included more than four-dozen pipe bombs and firearms.

Authorities say the tenant, Mark A. Campano, 56, suffered hand injuries following the Monday night explosion. He is being treated at Akron General Medical Center.

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Police say they recovered at least 35 homemade pipe bombs, an assortment of 17 firearms and another weapon from inside Campano's car. One weapon was a .38-caliber pistol with a homemade silencer. Other bombs were in stages of construction.

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Campano, an anesthesiologist, lost his medical license in 2006, according to documents from the Ohio Medical Board. A history of chemical and alcohol dependency, self-prescribing and relapses dating back to 1989 was cited by the board.

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Read more: http://www.ohio.com/news/73455622.html

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Glad that nobody else got hurt. He could have done some serious damage with all those explosives & firearms. My hypothesis: he was going to get some payback for losing his medical license against the administrators & doctors he held responsible for ratting him out to the medical board.

[MadMaddie]

1. Yep you are probably right!

Everyone else is to blame for his failures.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. That sounds so familiar

Who else fits that description? Seems like I've heard about someone else who can't take responsibility for his/her own failures...who could it be? I'm sure it'll come to me...



...oh, YEAH!

[MadMaddie]

8. Ha..ha..I know it was hard to identify who was coming to mind...

:rofl:

[onehandle]

2. Guns and bombs, guns and bombs, guns and bombs...

How many more arsenals are out there?

[SteveM]

25. Well, 1h, how many? Any data? How 'bout some numbers? (nt)

[parasim]

46. Seems to me that was the question onehandle was asking.

Why so antagonistic?

[SteveM]

63. The question strikes me as rhetorical. But if he was truly making an inquiry...

I can't answer until I have some notion of what he/she thinks is an arsenal. For example, I have half a dozen weapons, 2 of them high-powered, one semi-auto, and several capable of penetrating armor. Is this an arsenal or cache?

I think the tone of my answer was appropriate.

[JonQ]

47. Millions

be terrified!

Hide under your bed, it's the only way to be safe.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

56. There are 4 firearms within 10 feet of me. hehehe

[baldguy]

3. Another law-abiding gun owner being persecuted by Marxist gun-grabbing enemies of freedom!

They were obviously for his own personal protection & hunting.

:sarcasm:

[Cirque du So-What]

5. Yep

Gun-grabbers interfering with a citizen's right to self-expression.

[AtheistCrusader]

6. He stopped being 'law abiding' the second he tried to build a pipe bomb.

Racked up a 10 year felony right there.

[baldguy]

9. He stopped being "law abiding" when he started abusing drugs & writing phony prescriptions for him

But he was still able to get his guns. If fact, gun-worshipers would still fight for his "right" to own guns - no matter that he had a history of drug abuse & psychological problems.

[TheWraith]

12. What a lovely strawman argument you have there.

In fact, I doubt you could find any rational people who would argue that substance abuse isn't grounds for being unable to own a gun, AS IS CURRENTLY THE LAW.

[baldguy]

14. Bullshit. You KNOW what they'd be saying if the police raided his place *before* the bomb went off.

[TheWraith]

19. Sorry, but I'm not a seer, and neither are you.

I do, however, know that you're making shit up to suit your agenda.

[slackmaster]

30. I, for one, would be saying the guy is a dirtbag and should be in jail

What's so hard to understand about that?

Oh yeah, baldguy thinks he can read peoples' minds.

[AlbertCat]

21. AS IS CURRENTLY THE LAW.

Yeah! :grr:

Hey... there's a tent gun and knife show this weekend just over the county line. Wanna go?!


:eyes: Law....schmaw

[SteveM]

27. Why, we are in agreement! Glad that's all cleared up...

The gun shows around here are in permanent structures, well-advertised and frequented by LEOs, both inside and out.

But it sounds like you want to drive 'em under ground.

Like drug sales.

[AtheistCrusader]

16. Well, he also broke the law in acquiring those guns, assuming he didn't already have them

prior to illegal substance abuse, which is of course possible.

Say, who's the 'gun worshipper' that would fight for his right to own guns?

He's disqualified himself on many, many grounds now, and I can't think of anyone that would champion him.
I think he's both going to, and deserves to go to jail, for a very long time. MAYBE institutionalization for the criminally insane, which he may be.

[Plucketeer]

17. "Say, who's the 'gun worshipper' that would fight for his right to own guns?"

They're the millions you don't speak for. The millions that scoff at laws as if they (the laws) were aimed personally at them.

Tell me that this guy would potentially be just as dangerous if he had multiple Bows or throwing knives instead of guns.

[AtheistCrusader]

20. I think the bombs pretty much superscede guns, don't you?

And he was able to make those. Over 60% of our casualties at the hands of Insurgents in Iraq were via explosives like these. By far the most dangerous thing in his possession, and it was totally illegal for purchase or manufacture.

[SteveM]

28. Who needs bows, knives -- or guns -- when he had bombs?

The "millions that scoff at laws" would scoff at any you or I would propose, no?

[Plucketeer]

60. Yeah, bombs are worse - but that wasn't my point

My point is that with bows or knives, it's gonna be tough to do a drive-by slaughtering like one can with an Uzi or even a semi-automatic.

Bombs??? Fine if you can hide them and remotely detonate them. But if you have to personally actuate each one - or light fuses - it's gonna be alot less likely that you're gonna survive the first blast.

[SteveM]

62. Well, I'm not sure what your point is...

If this individual was adjudicated as mentally incompetent/has a felony conviction, he should not be able to acquire guns legally.

If the point is that semi-autos or Uzis (the full-auto versions are already strictly regulated and are as rare as hen's teeth) should be banned, we have tried that. Further, there may be as many as 17,000,000 people who own semi-auto "assault weapons" (nearly 5,000,000 more than people who hunt); hence, it is unlikely that some regulatory scheme would be any more successful than that of banning pot or meth. And the political consequences of an attempt -- well, we know about that, right?

He had bombs for a reason, didn't he? Perhaps he was just a collector.

Other than the school yard spectaculars, drive-bys are usually committed by the same usual suspects (out on bale, enabled, or provided political succor) in the usual neighborhoods. Regrettable, but we have a notion as to who and where; general bans would have little or no effect on this hard-core celebro-criminal culture.

[Plucketeer]

64. Well then......

...go hug your death tools. They're probably safe with you.

[SteveM]

65. Ba-da-boom.

[TrollBuster9090]

23. Not if he bought them at a GUN SHOW

Don't forget, we still have the "gun show loophole," which no Democrat has the spine to close. As a public service it's possible for any paranoid lunatic, criminal or terrorist to buy all the guns he wants at a gun show without a background check, courtesy of our friends at the NRA and RNC.

[AtheistCrusader]

24. There is no gun show loophole.

It's a 'private transfer' loophole. It occurs whenever any individual who is not a gun dealer, sells a used firearm to another individual.

It happens in the Newspaper Classified ads. Around the water cooler at work. At garage sales. Estate Sales. Friends. Family. And yes, at gun shows.

Keep in mind, the gun shows are typically crawling with on-duty, off-duty, and retired police officers. It's not an environment friendly to criminals. Though, clearly it is one of many sources of straw purchases.

[slackmaster]

31. There is no gun show loophole - The laws are the same at a gun show as they are everywhere else

Here's a link to the part of the United States Code that contains all federal gun laws. Please try to find any exception for gun show transactions.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_44.html

(HINT: The term "gun show" does not appear anywhere in the US Code. It's not even defined.)

[baldguy]

34. There's no gun show loophole

except for those sales done at gun shows.

[slackmaster]

35. I provided a link to where the loophole would be if it existed

Put your money where your mouth is and show us the loophole.

[baldguy]

36. Bloomberg Sting Reveals Gun Show Loopholes

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday ratcheted up his high-profile war against illegal sales of firearms at gun shows, alleging that a recent city-sponsored, three-state undercover investigation found widespread violations of federal gun sale rules.

And, in a reality show twist, the resulting "Gun Show Undercover" report provides extensive video of dealers appearing to ignore laws intended to prevent gun sales to felons and others with unsavory backgrounds, and selling to "straw purchasers" — stand-ins for others.

"The gun show loophole is a deadly serious problem," Bloomberg said in a statement. "And this undercover operation exposes just how pervasive and serious it is."

...

Of the 47 gun sellers they tested — both private and licensed dealers — 74 percent appeared to violate federal law, investigators say.

more:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113594508

THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE
The term “gun show loophole” is often used to describe the fact that federal law allows private sellers to sell firearms without background checks or record keeping.

While private sellers are exempted from running background checks no matter where they make the sale, this loophole is associated with gun shows because they are the largest and most central marketplace where these private sellers can easily connect with purchasers who wish to avoid detection.

SELLING TO PROHIBITED PURCHASERS
Even though they are not required to perform background checks, private dealers cannot sell to someone who they have reason to believe is prohibited from buying guns.

Investigators attempted to purchase guns after telling private sellers that they probably could not pass a background check.

19 of 30 private sellers – 63% – broke the law by completing a sale to a buyer who they thought could not pass a background check.

more:
http://www.gunshowundercover.org/

So, in spite of the law officials in several states see fit to either ignore it or actively subvert it - seeing as this is the second such investigation done & the GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE is an on-going problem which threatens the safety & security of the public.

Is it because they're incompetent? Or that they themselves are gun worshipers who value their firearms over human life? Or is it that they have been intimidated by the gun lobby?

[TheWraith]

38. Bloomberg also is a big fan of the terrorism watch list.

Do you think that there's terrorists crawling around under every rock, just waiting to get on board a plane if they get the chance?

Bloomberg is a paranoid Republican asshole. The "gun show loophole" just like the "terrorism loophole" are fearmongering plain and simple.

[baldguy]

40. I think he might wear blue polka dot speedos too.

But neither of these bits of info have anything to do with the issue at hand.

[slackmaster]

39. Not bullshit propaganda and anecdotes about criminals baldguy, I'm talking about THE LAW.

You don't get it.

[baldguy]

41. The law is useless if its not enforced

And positively dangerous when it's enforced selectively.

So are the cops in Ohio & Virginia corrupt, or just incompetent?

[slackmaster]

42. I agree, and the obvious solution is to enforce it

So are the cops in Ohio & Virginia corrupt, or just incompetent?

I suspect they are a little of both.

[TheWraith]

43. The laws almost always ARE being enforced.

That's why you have to point to selectively edited videos by Mike Bloomberg to claim that they aren't.

[baldguy]

44. 30% of illegal guns are connected to gun shows.

According the the ATF.

Reasonable people might think that's a problem. Gun worshipers don't.

[X_Digger]

51. Love that stat..

.. you know how the ATF derived that figure?

If a gun was purchased legally at a gun show, then sold to someone else, then pawned, then sold legally again, then sold to someone else, then sold to someone else, then sold... <ad infinitum>.. then used in a crime, AHA! Gun show connected.

If a gun was purchased legally at a gun store, then sold to someone else, then sold at a gun show, then sold to someone else, then sold <ad infinitum>.. then used in crime, AHA! Gun show connected.

(The ATF took no notice of how many legal transfers a gun went through before being used in crime- all they looked at was whether it had ever been sold at a gun show and crime use.)

[baldguy]

52. Thats like saying stolen cars are the cars that have been stolen, and pretending it's not a problem.

Well, rational people (who don't try to twist every fact, ignore every statistic and try to repeal every law in order to keep guns in the hands of criminals) believe illegal guns are the problem. That's why the ATF counts them. It's a measure of the magnitude of the problem.


The simple facts are:

A) Gun shows are a major conduit for transferring legal guns into the illegal market.

B) Illegal guns are sold & purchased with the sole intent of committing a crime.

C) Once a gun is sold illegally it never goes back to being legal again.

[X_Digger]

53. You missed the point..

.. the initial source where the gun was sold isn't a determinant in the 30% figure. If, at any point, the gun passed through a gun show, it's added as part of the 30%. Doesn't matter if it went through 100 legal transfers _since_ the gun show, only to be stolen from someone's home and used in crime.

Illegal guns are a problem. However, according to the DOJ, gun shows represent 0.7% of guns used in crime. 40% come from 'friends / family', and 40% come from 'street / illegal source'.

Gun shows are a major conduit for transferring legal guns into the illegal market.

No, see above. The ATF's 30% figure is not tracking what the conduit of transfer from legal -> illegal is, rather it's tracking 'did guns used in crime ever pass through a gun show?' It's axiomatic that as the number of owners a gun has increases, the likelihood of a gun passing through a gun show increases.

You could make the same statement about cars and used car dealers- as a car changes owners, the likelihood if it passing through a used car dealer increases.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

57. Got a link to that bullshit.

[SteveM]

26. There is a legal procedure to determine mental incompetency...

that doesn't violate the 5th Amendment. The laws are there, bg.

[Dr.Phool]

55. They have a primitive weapons deer hunting season in Ohio.

Muzzle loaders, and black powder.

Maybe he thought that pipe bombs were primitive weapons. During regular weapons season, he used claymores and napalm.

[chill_wind]

7. *35 home made pipebombs*.....

[TheWraith]

11. They're not really that difficult to build.

And yet, it's still a 10 year felony.

Also, that silencer is a felony. Silencers are governed under the National Firearms Act of 1934, the same thing that governs automatic weapons. To legally own a silencer, you need to have a federal background check, tax stamp, and approval from local law enforcement.

Even then, it doesn't work the way he thinks it does. You can't silence a revolver.

[DissedByBush]

32. The public's knowledge of guns is often horrible

That's how gun banners can sell their rights-violating tripe to an ignorant populace.

But the public's knowledge of "silencers" (suppressors) is even worse.

[TheWraith]

37. A short lesson on silencers, for those who don't know.

A sound suppressor, commonly known as a silencer, is (obviously) a device that you attach to the muzzle of a gun to trap the escaping hot gases (which contain the sound of the gunshot) and effectively squelches them by slowing them down. This reduces the volume of the shot, albeit at the cost (usually) of slowing down the bullet as well as the added weight and bulk of the suppressor.

Because sound suppressors rely on trapping the same hot gases that drive the mechanism in semi-automatic weapons, most of those weapons cannot be completely silenced. Normal pistols and semi-automatic rifles would still make a loud "pop" noise, but something closer to a balloon exploding than a gun going off. Small-bore firearms, such as .22 caliber pistols and rifles, can indeed be effectively silenced. Revolvers are also impossible to silence due to the gap between the cyclinder and the barrel, where gases can escape. Some small .22 caliber handguns with built-in sound suppression were popular with the OSS during World War II.

In the US, manufacture or possession of sound suppressors is regulated under the 1934 National Firearms Act, or NFA. To own one requires a federal background check, $200 tax stamp, and permission from your local law enforcement officer. It's widely believed that one reason that silencers were included in the NFA was to discourage their use for poaching game during the Great Depression. In contrast, silencers are usually legal in Europe and indeed quite popular among hobby shooters, since they greatly reduce the amount of hearing protection needed.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. How lucky nobody else was hurt.

What a nutjob...

He needs a nice long stretch in prison to help keep the rest of us safe from him.

[krispos42]

13. And which right-wing authors were on his bookshelf?

Anybody want to hazard a guess? Beck? Hannity?

I got $5 on The Turner Diaries




And a homemade silencer... ooo, that's federal time right there.

[Vickers]

61. That is the question I'd like answered. You can bet your sweet ass

that if he had, oh, Earth In The Balance or Lying Liars in his house, it would be trumpeted all over the librul media.

But I bet he has a whole shelf of hate-wing books, and we'll never hear peep about it.

[tomm2thumbs]

15. his brain broke

and now his hands, what he might have used to do his work as a doctor, are probably ex-functional

sounds like the loss of license may have been justified if this is what is going on in this guy's head

[fascisthunter]

18. Sounds like another Freeper

[Epiphany4z]

22. nice to know

I live in the falls

[slackmaster]

29. I wonder if the .38 with a silencer is a revolver, like they used on the Get Smart TV sitcom

(It would be pointless to put a silencer on most revolvers, because they have a significant gap between the cylinder and the forcing cone which allows copious amounts of gas and noise to escape.)

[pundaint]

33. A qualified physician would practice better lab technique

no wonder he lost his license.

[tabasco]

45. I hope he din't have any pot plants!

He'd be in REAL trouble!

[JonQ]

48. We really need to get serious on pipe-control in this country

How many more must die before we break with our national obsession that glorifies plumbing?

[X_Digger]

50. Damn the NPA (National Plumbers Association)! n/t

[JonQ]

59. There is blood on their hands

[Blue_Tires]

49. i'm glad karma thwarted his 'grand day of revenge'...

[proteus_lives]

54. I'm glad they caught him before he went off.

But I'm saddened to see the grabber and anti-Rights crowd out eager to punish the many for the crimes of the few.

[cowcommander]

58. Could be worse if he actually did some damage

Sounds like this guy was really, REALLY fucked up with all those pipebombs. Lock him up for good, this guy is nuts!