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<\/p>\nGUN STUN: Gun control activist swears he forgot he was carrying gun while visiting school<\/h2>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nBy Eric Owens<\/p>\n
A Buffalo, N.Y. community activist who is well known locally for pushing for a highly restrictive 2013 gun control law has been arrested for — wait for it — carrying a gun illegally at a public elementary school.<\/p>\n
The arrested gun-control advocate, Dwayne Ferguson, caused quite a scene at Harvey Austin Elementary School, reports local CBS affiliate WIVB.<\/p>\n
At about 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, police acted on a pair of anonymous 911 tips. A battalion of cops quickly swarmed the school. The brigade included over a dozen squad cars, the SWAT team and K9 units. The Erie County Sheriff’s Air One helicopter and what appears to be an armored vehicle also turned up.<\/p>\n
The school was immediately placed on lockdown. Parts of two streets were closed.<\/p>\n
About 60 students who were still on campus participating in after-school activities were funneled to the cafeteria.<\/p>\n
Cops searched the school room by room and would not let parents on campus until they were satisfied that no shooting threat existed.<\/p>\n
Ferguson, 52, was at Harvey Elementary because he works as a mentor in an after-school program for disadvantaged students.<\/p>\n
He said he frequently carries a pistol. He has a license but the license does not matter under the strict state law Ferguson helped pass.<\/p>\n
Among much else, the 2013 law, deemed New York’s SAFE Act, made it a felony to carry a gun on school property, according to The Buffalo News.<\/p>\n
While it had previously been illegal to carry a gun on school grounds, the new law bumped the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.<\/p>\n
The community activist has claimed that he forgot he was carrying his gun in a felony gun-free zone he helped create.<\/p>\n
Rev. James E. Giles, Ferguson’s friend and the president of Buffalo’s Back to Basics Outreach Ministries, vouched for this claim.<\/p>\n
“I’m sure Dwayne went into the school not thinking he had the gun on him,” Giles told The Buffalo News.<\/p>\n
Giles said Ferguson even asked police on the scene what was going on.<\/p>\n
“Dwayne’s reaction was to get his kids — he had about 50 of them — and make sure they were safe,” Giles explained.<\/p>\n
Ferguson was eventually busted when police were patting down the people at the school so they could evacuate. He was wearing the gun in a holster. Throughout the duration of the terrifying lockdown, the community activist never bothered to tell the cops that he was carrying a gun.<\/p>\n
“He had opportunities,” local chief of police Kevin Brinkworth told the News.<\/p>\n
“I will say he had no ill intent to harm these students,” Brinkworth noted. “I don’t know why he had it on him.”<\/p>\n
Ferguson is the head of the Buffalo chapter of MAD DADS, a national group that opposes gang violence and illegal drugs. MAD DADS is an acronym for Men Against Destruction Defending Against Drugs and Social Disorder.<\/p>\n
The father of three also belongs to Buffalo Peacemakers, a separate anti-violence group that stands athwart gang-related crime.<\/p>\n
Still more, Ferguson is something of a professional vigilante in Buffalo. He can be seen patrolling local malls and city streets in an effort to stop gang violence.<\/p>\n
Ferguson now faces two felony charges of criminal gun possession.<\/p>\n
He faced his first court hearing on Friday, reports local NBC affiliate WGRZ. Prosecutors had asked Judge Jeanette Ogden to set bail at $10,000. However, Ogden allowed Ferguson to walk out of her courtroom on his own recognizance, citing his community involvement and his squeaky clean criminal record.<\/p>\n
Ogden did order Ferguson to submit all of his guns to authorities and to stay away from Harvey Austin Elementary until his criminal case has been resolved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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