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- NATION, Page 31American NotesFIREARMSHave Gun, Will Travel
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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