Posted on Thu, Feb. 10, 2005
Associated Press
FARGO, N.D. - Seventy-one people who are not allowed to have firearms,
including felons and people on probation, got state hunting licenses last
year.
Corey Schlinger, a Parole and Probation officer, said the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation used federal grant money to track down the
people.
"We teamed up with North Dakota Game and Fish," he said. "It's
obviously a concern for us if any of our offenders has a hunting
license, because
they're not supposed to have firearms."
Schlinger said many of the people applied for a hunting license before
they were put on probation. However, he said authorities did seize a dozen
firearms.
The cases remain under investigation. Schlinger said some violators could
face felony charges.
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