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PHOENIX -- Three Phoenix men are in custody for firing a shot into the air to celebrate the new year.

Police say 32-year-old Louis Martinez, 22-year-old Ernesto Mejia De Le Cueva and 63-year-old Jose Garcia Lopez are being held on suspicion of unlawful discharge of a firearm within city limits.

Cueva allegedly fired 10 rounds from a shotgun, telling officers he wanted ``to make noise for the new year.''

For the past decade, Phoenix police have arrested anyone caught discharging a weapon within the city limits on New Year's Eve for violating ``Shannon's Law.''

In 1999, a stray bullet fired into the air a mile away killed 14-year-old Shannon Smith in her backyard.

Police say they received 264 ``shots fired'' calls this New Year's Eve compared to 759 such calls in 2002.

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    Michoacan wrote...
    One recalls the gun nut and NRA's
    January 2, 2013 3:14 pm
    initial resistance to this eminently sensible revision to existing gun law. Why gun nuts and the NRA would not want at the time to protect ordinary citizens from the irresponsible acts of irresponsible gun owners defies imagination.
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    sumtinwong wrote...
    Law abiding gun owner?
    January 2, 2013 3:35 pm
    I don't think these are the law abiding gun owners the NRA looks to represent.
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    wrote...
    Isn't this profiling?
    January 2, 2013 4:23 pm
    Too bad they didn't catch all the gun shooters in Avondale/Goodyear. It sounded like a small war for 10 to 15 minutes. (yes, it included fire crackers too). The problem isn't with guns. It is with liberals that have changed morality in this country. Heck, the line from Death Wish (1974) about the east coast liberals is still spot on. They fear what they don't know. They think a gun is a rattle snake. It isn't. They don't fear alcohol or drugs... they are quite familiar with these...
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    1redcav wrote...
    I'm betting
    January 2, 2013 6:31 pm
    that these thugs are illegal....ship 'em out!
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    Steve wrote...
    Micho, one that flew over the
    January 2, 2013 7:52 pm
    cookoos nest.
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    Steve wrote...
    Srict gun control, if guns at all and
    January 2, 2013 7:52 pm
    higher taxes. Micho we get it, we know where your loyalty lies with the Constitution.
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    wrote...
    Looking at those names AboMicho
    January 2, 2013 8:06 pm
    Perhaps some of your relatives ?
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    wrote...
    I'll bet a few bucks
    January 2, 2013 8:10 pm
    These perpetrators all reside in Maryvale. Any takers?
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    Michoacan wrote...
    A useful example of a gun law,
    January 2, 2013 9:53 pm
    initially opposed by gun nuts and the NRA, that worked in reducing the danger to the general public from irresponsible gun ownership and indiscriminate gunfire.
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    ILOVESB1070 wrote...
    Mexicans
    January 3, 2013 4:26 am
    Its part of their culture to shot guns into the the air for new years !! Whats the problem Gringo ??

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