In St. Paul, Kirill Bartashevitch, 52, was up in arms over President Obama’s possible gun control laws. To protect himself from such laws, Bartashevitch went out and bought an Ak-47 rifle. Soon thereafter, he was arrested for pointing the weapon at his high school daughter after she got two B’s instead of straight A’s.
There was a reported rush to by Ak-47 and other assault-style weapons after the massacre of children in Connecticut after gun advocates predicted a ban would pass on the weapons. Bartashevitch appears to have been part of that mad rush and, if the charges are true, then found a child to try it out on.
During the argument, the girl reportedly told Bartashevitch that she hated him. He allegedly concluded that pointing an AK-47 at her might change her feelings. When the mother intervened, he allegedly pushed her to the ground and pointed the weapon at them both. A friend later received a text message from the girl and passed it along to a social worker.
Bartashevitch reportedly admitted to pointing the gun at his wife and daughter but insisted that it was unloaded. That does not change the charges of two counts of terroristic threats. The charges could bring a five-year sentence each.
Here is the law:
609.713 TERRORISTIC THREATS.
Subdivision 1.Threaten violence; intent to terrorize. Whoever threatens, directly or indirectly, to commit any crime of violence with purpose to terrorize another or to cause evacuation of a building, place of assembly, vehicle or facility of public transportation or otherwise to cause serious public inconvenience, or in a reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or inconvenience may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both. As used in this subdivision, “crime of violence” has the meaning given “violent crime” in section 609.1095, subdivision 1, paragraph (d).
Subd. 2.Communicates to terrorize. Whoever communicates to another with purpose to terrorize another or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, that explosives or an explosive device or any incendiary device is present at a named place or location, whether or not the same is in fact present, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both.
Subd. 3.Display replica of firearm. (a) Whoever displays, exhibits, brandishes, or otherwise employs a replica firearm or a BB gun in a threatening manner, may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than one year and one day or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if, in doing so, the person either:
(1) causes or attempts to cause terror in another person; or
(2) acts in reckless disregard of the risk of causing terror in another person.
(b) For purposes of this subdivision:
(1) “BB gun” means a device that fires or ejects a shot measuring .18 of an inch or less in diameter; and
(2) “replica firearm” means a device or object that is not defined as a dangerous weapon, and that is a facsimile or toy version of, and reasonably appears to be a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed-off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher, or any other firearm. The term replica firearm includes, but is not limited to, devices or objects that are designed to fire only blanks.
History: 1971 c 845 s 19; 1988 c 712 s 15; 1990 c 461 s 3; 1993 c 326 art 4 s 34; 1994 c 636 art 2 s 45; art 3 s 23; 1995 c 244 s 24,25; 1998 c 367 art 6 s 15
Source: Star Tribune
There are grades higher an C?
This is only a ‘drill’:
This guy is a prime example of who should not be allowed to own a gun..let alone an AK-47.
Is it generally only a defense if the weapon is inoperable…. This guy is a real piece of cake… I wonder if it was alcohol fueled…. I don’t get the terroristic threats…. I do see assault with the intent to do great bodily harm…. That’s just me though…
This man could buy a gun “legally”. This is insane but, of course, we don’t need gun control. Maybe we should require mental health interviews for any one who wants to buy a gun and include a confidential meeting with the applicant’s family. After all the NRA says its about mental health.
It is time for gun control now.
Quote from my future book “()AKIN SENSE” ps. the “M” is silent
It was a “legitimate” use of his gun, (obviously) It didn’t go off and no one got penetrated by bullets.
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the last time I tried that, my daughter pulled out her Barret 50 cal and said “make my day, b1tch.”
This kind of gun idiocy will only get worse (if that is possible). When we got concealed carry in Ohio one of my neighbors actually thought (truly) it gave him the right to shoot at a man who accidently cut him off on the freeway. Luckily his wife grabbed the gun.
Another episode of gun safety.
Grab a gun to feel “in control.”
This guy is of the ilk that advocated dropping a nuke on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill a few years back.
I’d say “Here’s another argument in favour of gun control” but we’ve all said that so many times, in so many circumstances. Does anyone in power listen? Aside from platitudes and paying lip service after each new tragedy, and then the impetus fades away until the next massacre. What it’s going to take is for all the Kirill Bartashevitches in the U.S. to shoot the people who have incurred their unrighteous wrath, and with luck, then shoot themselves in the head. After 100 million or so deaths, the idiots who want to wave guns around, and all the people around them, will be eliminated. And then life can go on for normal people, with a lot more elbow room for us!
This would be a very amusing story for a situation comedy as long as it carried a warning “Don’t copy this behavior at home ” The good outcome of having an emotionally smart mom and daughter was to tell their travesty that real DaDs don’t kill or wound humans , related or unrelated, or threaten to do so for any reason .
We don’t need no stinking gun control! But on the other hand, if his daughter had a Remington 11-87 sitting under her desk, or a Glock 23 tucked inside her Hello Kitty purse, then dad may have been more tolerant of her homework habits….. Sad….. The devolution of man….
Come on guys! The girl got two Bs fer cryin out loud! Whats a dad to do but pull a gun and threaten her with it? You softie liberal milquetoasts! My dad threatened me with a gun all the time and I turned out all right – if fact I’M BETTER FOR IT!
Besides the Suicide Pact of America contains the second amendment which clearly states this guy can have any kind of weapon he wants whenever he wants it so back off ya commie, fascist, nazi, anti-gun bigots!
ArtieWhiteFox,
“Take a hard look at what a weapon has taught us to be like!”
You take lessons from a weapon?
No. A weapoin is as cold, and dead as the life it kills. That weapon teaches people to do what it is. People need to stop taking instructions from a weapon. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. The devil wants to kill life. The devil through religious people wanted to kill the one who gave life.
Take a hard look at what a weapon has taught us to be like! A weapon cannot teach us to be Christlike that’s for sure. Beholding the character of Jesus will make a person into his image. Doing that will make a person to never contemplate what that man did had there be a mount Everest of weapons all over the place with people tobogganing on them for the fun of it.
Take a hard look at what a weapon has taught us to be like? A weapon cannot teach us to be Christlike that’s for sure. Beholding the character of Jesus will make a person into his image. Doing that will make a person to never contemplate what that man did had there be a mount Everest of weapons all over the place with people tobogganing on them for the fun of it.
OS
at least she wasn’t homeschooled
He claims the gun was not loaded. I don’t believe him. He is that stupid to point one at someone for no reason. Either way it is irrelevant. I would speculate if he had shot one of the victims he is the type that would claim “I was cleaning the gun and somehow it went off.” I’ve seen that type of excuse a lot, it was always a lie.
This guy is too stupid to have a gun of any kind. In fact, he should not be around sharp objects. The daughter obviously had to overcome a lot of genetic obstacles to be a B or A student.
As much as I am against gun-control laws, I have to say that this guy is an idiot. Sounds like they could use some family counseling.