This article talks about the life of a sixty year old revolver. This gun was shipped from the factory to New York City and was sold in a gun shop in Little Italy. The gun was bought by a former police officer and was reported lost in 1976. The whereabouts of the weapon were unknown until recently, when that same revolver fell from an arrested mans waistband and discharged a bullet that struck a New York police officer. The NYPD is now trying to trace the whereabouts of the gun from the time it was reported lost until the time the police officer was hit with the bullet. This process has proved to be difficult, the NYPD was able to trace the gun from its factory in Springfield, Mass through a gun shop in Little Italy, all the way to the ownership of a former police officer by examining the gun. Because the gun is so old, the John Jovino Gun Shop in Manhattan, no longer has records of guns sold in 1949. The only thing that the police do know is that it's last legal owner was in the 1970's. The criminal whose waistband the gun fell out of, Edwin Santana, said that he only had the revolver for a short period of time, and that he took it from his friend Carlos' house. Forensic scientists say that this gun was partcularly hard to track because old revolvers keep shell casings within the gun instead of spitting the out like semi-automatic pistols do. I particularly enjoyed this article because it shows how law enforcement can uncover a lot of information about the life of a weapon just from examining it. They were able to discover where and when this gun was made and also where it was sold.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Lost for Decades, Gun Resurfaces in Shooting of New York Officer
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/nyregion/30gun.html?_r=1
This article talks about the life of a sixty year old revolver. This gun was shipped from the factory to New York City and was sold in a gun shop in Little Italy. The gun was bought by a former police officer and was reported lost in 1976. The whereabouts of the weapon were unknown until recently, when that same revolver fell from an arrested mans waistband and discharged a bullet that struck a New York police officer. The NYPD is now trying to trace the whereabouts of the gun from the time it was reported lost until the time the police officer was hit with the bullet. This process has proved to be difficult, the NYPD was able to trace the gun from its factory in Springfield, Mass through a gun shop in Little Italy, all the way to the ownership of a former police officer by examining the gun. Because the gun is so old, the John Jovino Gun Shop in Manhattan, no longer has records of guns sold in 1949. The only thing that the police do know is that it's last legal owner was in the 1970's. The criminal whose waistband the gun fell out of, Edwin Santana, said that he only had the revolver for a short period of time, and that he took it from his friend Carlos' house. Forensic scientists say that this gun was partcularly hard to track because old revolvers keep shell casings within the gun instead of spitting the out like semi-automatic pistols do. I particularly enjoyed this article because it shows how law enforcement can uncover a lot of information about the life of a weapon just from examining it. They were able to discover where and when this gun was made and also where it was sold.
This article talks about the life of a sixty year old revolver. This gun was shipped from the factory to New York City and was sold in a gun shop in Little Italy. The gun was bought by a former police officer and was reported lost in 1976. The whereabouts of the weapon were unknown until recently, when that same revolver fell from an arrested mans waistband and discharged a bullet that struck a New York police officer. The NYPD is now trying to trace the whereabouts of the gun from the time it was reported lost until the time the police officer was hit with the bullet. This process has proved to be difficult, the NYPD was able to trace the gun from its factory in Springfield, Mass through a gun shop in Little Italy, all the way to the ownership of a former police officer by examining the gun. Because the gun is so old, the John Jovino Gun Shop in Manhattan, no longer has records of guns sold in 1949. The only thing that the police do know is that it's last legal owner was in the 1970's. The criminal whose waistband the gun fell out of, Edwin Santana, said that he only had the revolver for a short period of time, and that he took it from his friend Carlos' house. Forensic scientists say that this gun was partcularly hard to track because old revolvers keep shell casings within the gun instead of spitting the out like semi-automatic pistols do. I particularly enjoyed this article because it shows how law enforcement can uncover a lot of information about the life of a weapon just from examining it. They were able to discover where and when this gun was made and also where it was sold.
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I found the article that Blair summarized, Lost for Decades, Gun Resurfaces in Shooting of New York Officer, to be very interesting. One thing I liked about the review was that there was no bias. Even though it would be difficult to have a bias opinion on this article, I think Blair did a good job at presenting the facts without mixing his own ideas in too much. Another aspect of the review that I thought was good was the way the summary began; Blair started off talking about the history of the gun rather than what the gun actually did. The third thing that I like about this article summary is that it leaves the reader wondering where the gun really was all this time. The review could have been made better by including one or two quotes. The quotes could be from the forensic scientist or another police officer. The summary could also be improved if the steps and/or process performed in examining the gun were listed. I learned that even though there are many ways to identify evidence, it does not always answer every question that people may have.
1. The path the gun took from being shipped to New York city and bought in Little Italy
2. How this gun that was once bought by a police man was used to shoot a police man
3. How the police are looking for the rest of the path the gun has taken and how Blair used names of people
1. How they linked Edwin Santana to the gun.
2. Also some things people said about the gun would’ve been cool
1. I was impressed how police officers still look for the past of a gun made over 60 years ago.
This article was definetly one most interesting ones there has been so far. One thing I liked about the review was that Blair did a good job of summarizing the article so you could easily understand what the article was about. Secondly, I liked that this review was about something actually interesting, most of the article are just about boring stuff so you don't really want to read them. Thirdly, I liked this review because the way he tells about the gun it makes you want to read more about its history and what has happened to it. One way this review could have been better is if it told more about the revovlers history than it could have been more interesting. Secondly, it could have been better if there were some quotes taken from the article giving you more of an idea of the importance of this gun issue. I learned from this review that forensics science really can do things you didn't even think were possible.
I thought Blair’s article was very interesting from the beginning. I liked how he described that the revolver was sixty years old and was shipped from the factory to New York City and sold in a gun shop in Little Italy. It is amazing how one item can be traveled across the world. I found it very interesting when Blair told us that they found the same revolver from an arrested mans waistband and fired a bullet that struck a police officer. Lastly, I like how Blair had a lot of detail involving this case. For example, I found out the gun shop’s name and the criminal who waistband the gun fell out of which was Edwin Santana. I thought Blair could’ve described the process that the NYPD had used to trace the location of the gun. Also, it would’ve been nice if Blair added a quote or two what the NYPD or forensic scientists had said related to this case. Overall, I enjoyed reading this article because learned that finding one piece of evidence can cause a search hunt that can involve traveling several thousand miles across the world. Forensic scientists can play a very important role involving physical evidence and therefore can be responsible for vital assessments.
The article ,“Lost for Decades, Gun Resurfaces in Shooting of New York Officer,” was a very fascinating story on the whereabouts of a sixty year old revolver. The story is very clearly described and it is easy to follow the series of events. Secondly, the topic of tracking a weapon is interesting because in the end it helped the NYPD in their case. Finally, I liked that it is explained how guns have changed over time for it helps explain the challenge forensics met.
If any adjustments were to be suggested, one would be to add the consequences of Edwin Santana’s bad decisions. It seems the article’s mentioning of him was cut short. In addition, it would be interesting to know other related cases where forensic scientists track weapons in order to solve a crime. In general, the article was very well presented and I was shocked that one object could change location between continents numerous times in only sixty years.
The article ,“Lost for Decades, Gun Resurfaces in Shooting of New York Officer,” was a very fascinating story on the whereabouts of a sixty year old revolver. The story is very clearly described and it is easy to follow the series of events. Secondly, the topic of tracking a weapon is interesting because in the end it helped the NYPD in their case. Finally, I liked that it is explained how guns have changed over time for it helps explain the challenge forensics met.
If any adjustments were to be suggested, one would be to add the consequences of Edwin Santana’s bad decisions. It seems the article’s mentioning of him was cut short. In addition, it would be interesting to know other related cases where forensic scientists track weapons in order to solve a crime. In general, the article was very well presented and I was shocked that one object could change location between continents numerous times in only sixty years.
I really liked this article, “Lost for Decades, Gun Resurfaces in Shooting of New York Officer.” Three aspects of the review that I thought were presented particularly well were that the article was clear and easy to understand. It was not confusing at all. Another aspect I liked was that by using forensic science, the police could track down where the gun was made. I also liked how police found it very difficult to track this gun for a while because old revolvers use different shell casings. I found that very interesting. Some suggestions I would make would be to add more detail about the aftermath of this. Overall I was impressed by this review and enjoyed it a lot.
1. I thought it was good how Blair gave history of the gun. It added detail to the article.
2. Also, it was interesting how Blair described how the same revolver was found on a suspects waistband.
3. Finally, Blair added to the review by giving a background on how guns have changed over time.
1. The article could be better if perhaps blair had mentioned more one what had happened to Edwin Santana.
2. The article could be improved if Blair had added some quotes. Perhaps quotes of the Police Officers would have helped the reader understand the article more clearly.
1. FInally, I thought Blair did a very good job writing this review. It seems to tell a lot about the original article. It was very surprising how the same gun could travel thousands of miles and still be tracked by the authorities.
3 Things I Liked:
- The review was very concise and straight-forward
- There was a lot of good information despite the brevity of the review
- The review made me want to read the article
2 Improvements:
- There weren't many details, the facts were simply stated without much backing
- Some things were left completely unexplained (i.e. how they managed to link Edwin Santana to the gun in the first place)
1 Things I Thought Was Interesting:
- Forensics can be used to help piece together the lost history of a 60-year-old firearm
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