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Plastic surgeon caught with huge cache of weapons in his BMW: cops
nypost.com ^ | 8/14/2019 | amir talib

Posted on 08/16/2019 7:20:30 AM PDT by rktman

A Long Island plastic surgeon was caught with an enormous cache of weapons in his car — that included five fully loaded assault rifles, body armor and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition, police said Wednesday.

Tuckahoe Police officers looking into a report that Matthew J. Bonanno, 47, had threatened his estranged wife arrested him Tuesday at a bar in the Westchester County town for allegedly illegally possessing a Glock semi-automatic handgun.

Bonanno, who practices in Lake Success, was arraigned Tuesday and remanded without bail on a slew of weapons charges. Investigators are still looking into how he obtained the massive amount of weapons.

He’s being held in the Westchester County Jail. His next court date is Aug. 20.

When they searched his BMW SUV, they found a staggering arms collection.

Inside the backseat and trunk were the assault rifles loaded with high-capacity magazines as well as: three handguns, 29 more high-capacity loaded magazines, a stun gun, handcuffs, full face masks, multiple military-style knives, four brass knuckles, pepper spray, scopes, binoculars and other paraphernalia, cops said.

Police then searched Bonanno’s home in the Town of Mount Pleasant, where they found three additional unlicensed handguns.

At the surgeon’s other house, in Great Neck, cops discovered another armory of assault rifles, a shotgun, handguns, high-capacity magazines, body armor, hundreds of rounds ammunition, smoke grenades and other weapons, which were turned over to Nassau Police.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: lockedandloaded; waitwut; wut
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To: rktman
Slaves possessing weapons is a capital crime . Only the State is allowed to possess weapons. It then issues them to its goons and they use them to keep the slaves under control , working and paying taxes to support the Masters in the life of luxury that they are accustomed and entitled.
41 posted on 08/16/2019 8:19:18 AM PDT by sport
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To: rktman

re: “We’re talking New York. Lots of his property has been deemed illegal in that state from the MSRs to probably magazine capacity.”

NYS ought to simply enact pre-crime laws such as “even thinking about a g-u-n will draw a penalty or assessment”.

It’s headed that way.


42 posted on 08/16/2019 8:22:51 AM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: Kickass Conservative

“Time to Ban Plastic Surgeons”

And BMW SUV’S


43 posted on 08/16/2019 8:25:28 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (You cannot solidify control and power over people who are able to defend themselves.)
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To: rktman

Nothing Illegal if it were in Idaho where there is low crime, but multiple felonies and No Bail in high crime NY.


44 posted on 08/16/2019 8:28:57 AM PDT by davidb56
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To: davidb56

Of course threatening your “estranged” wife will get you 3 hots and a cot here, as it should.


45 posted on 08/16/2019 8:30:31 AM PDT by davidb56
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To: Chainmail
Must suck to live in New York!

Well for you and me it would suck, but New Yorkers like being subservient to government. They hate the thought of us being able to buy arms. They have a totally unwarranted feeling of superiority to the hicks and rubes in "fly over country." (i.e. us). The loath the thought of freedom, and cannot comprehend our mindset. They fear us and they fear even more the philosophy that we represent - that of LIMITED government self sufficiency, responsibility, etc.

It's no accident that wannbe tyrant filth like Schumer, Gilibrand, Nadler, etc. represent NY. They are truly representative of the majority of the people who live there.

46 posted on 08/16/2019 8:31:13 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga

Ancestors in the Hudson River Valley are on full spin cycle.


47 posted on 08/16/2019 8:48:30 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: marktwain
Estranged wife. Probably had the guns in the car so the wife would not sell them.

Yep. It's always a good idea to have a trusted friend who'll rent a self-storage unit on short notice and toss you the key.

48 posted on 08/16/2019 8:57:25 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: JimRed

His Ex, if you read the story.


49 posted on 08/16/2019 9:00:54 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: rktman
1500 Rounds of ammo. And 5 loaded assault rifles. (P) Thankfully I don’t drive a BMW. As I don’t think it could carry half of my 25,000 rounds nor all of my magazines loaded.
I’d have to get a stretched limo BMW limo or a trailer to carry all my fully loaded rifles and pistols.

Which I don’t think is even close to enormous cache. I think it’s just a starting point. <;8)

Ed

50 posted on 08/16/2019 9:00:57 AM PDT by husky ed (FOX NEWS ALERT "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" THIS HAS BEEN A FOX NEWS ALERT)
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To: TADSLOS

Other than the body armor, that exactly what I was thinking.


51 posted on 08/16/2019 9:05:43 AM PDT by dfwright (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left (Eccl. 10:2, NIV))
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To: husky ed

Well, except for the boating accident.......


52 posted on 08/16/2019 9:07:34 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman
"...more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition..."

1600? That's about what I keep in the crew cab of my truck (although only about half that are loaded in clipazines).


At least until opening day of dove season. Then that goes up by about another 500.

53 posted on 08/16/2019 9:08:36 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: G Larry

How are firearms in his car a threat to an ex, location unknown?


54 posted on 08/16/2019 9:12:50 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: from occupied ga

Well, his estranged wife said he threatened her, which is why his car was checked.

OTOH, knowing he had a weapons hobby and was always well-prepared, she could have just set him up. Who’s to say?

That’s why we have judges, who may be on average somewhere near impartial in the application of the law, but individually are very biased in their political viewpoints and their legal interpretations. And in court, unless you’re rich enough to finance appeals, you don’t get average, you get a one-shot chance.


55 posted on 08/16/2019 9:13:39 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: JimRed

Oh, I see...you meant the verbal threat, which is probably a lie by the ex, advised by her attorney.


56 posted on 08/16/2019 9:14:49 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Red Badger
had threatened his estranged wife

Not certain about the state's laws but the guy may have a history of domestic violence against her since they're estranged and if so, that may preclude him from owning firearms.......or not.

57 posted on 08/16/2019 9:20:56 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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To: bgill

Mmmm....Dr. Bonnano what crime family does that remind us of?
Arsenal or Armory, he was well supplied.


58 posted on 08/16/2019 9:26:36 AM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: JimRed

Tuckahoe Police officers looking into a report that Matthew J. Bonanno, 47, had threatened his estranged wife arrested him Tuesday at a bar in the Westchester County town for allegedly illegally possessing a Glock semi-automatic handgun.


59 posted on 08/16/2019 9:35:15 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Red Badger
I see no laws being broken here...................

It's New York. He broken about a dozen laws.

60 posted on 08/16/2019 9:37:24 AM PDT by Lazamataz (We can be called a racist and we'll just smile. Because we don't care.)
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