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<text id=92TT0779>
<title>
Apr. 13, 1992: American Notes:Firearms
</title>
<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Apr. 13, 1992 Campus of the Future
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 31
American Notes
FIREARMS
Have Gun, Will Travel
</hdr><body>
<p> To Robert Luongo, a Kennedy-assassination buff from Florida,
it seemed only natural to tell a policeman that he had Jack Ruby's
pistol in his suitcase as he strolled near the U.S. Capitol. But
when Luongo offered to show the historic weapon to House Speaker
Tom Foley a few moments later, the cop arrested Luongo.
</p>
<p> It turned out that Luongo is an associate of Anthony
Pugliese, the previously unidentified collector who bought the
gun at auction last December for $220,000. Luongo had taken the
pistol to Washington to display it on a cable-TV show about
Ruby's shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald.
</p>
<p> Luongo may eventually stand trial for possession of an
unlicensed handgun. The fate of Ruby's pistol also will be
decided by the courts. Illegal or unlicensed weapons that are
seized in Washington are usually melted down.
</p>
</body></article>
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