A selection of publicly reported gun-related incidents in Vermont for January 2016. 

1/2/2016 Man robs Shell gas station in Winooski with semiautomatic handgun http://www.wptz.com/news/ police-investigate-armedrobbery-inwinooski/37231304 Chittenden

1/5/2016 Montpelier man sentenced to 8 years for Barre gun theft. Prosecuters contend that after he stole the guns he then drove to Hartford, Connecticut where he traded the handguns to a drug dealer for heroin and cocaine. http://www.washingtontime s.com/news/2016/jan/5/vermont-man-gets-8-years-infederal-prison-for-gun/ Washington 1/4/2016 A male and female entered a Barre Town store shortly before 7 p.m. The male reportedly brandished a gun and took cash from the drawer. http://timesargus.com/articl e/20160106/NEWS01/1601 09795 Washington 1/9/2016 Armed man robs Bennington Subway. Police say the man pointed a gun at the two employees working there, and demanded money from the safe and cash register. http://www.wcax.com/story/ 30924219/armed-robberyin-bennington Bennington 1/10/2016 Police responded to Champlain Beverage in Leicester after three male subjects entered the store displaying a handgun and ordered the clerk to the floor, police said. The three assailants went behind the counter while the clerk was face down in a prone position and removed the contents from the cash register. One assailant retrieved several cartons of cigarettes, police said. http://www.masslive.com/n ews/index.ssf/2016/01/ver mont_state_police_seek_3 _su_1.html Addison 1/10/2016 Paulin’s Inc. was robbed at gunpoint around 6:45 p.m. http://www.rutlandherald.co m/article/20160111/THISJU STIN/160119893 Bennington 1/11/2016 Two employees at Martin’s Mobil on Main Street in Bennington were held up at gunpoint by two men while making a night deposit at Citizens Bank at 310 Main St. http://www.rutlandherald.co m/article/20160111/THISJU STIN/160119893 Bennington 1/11/2016 Suspects entered the Maplefield's Convenience store on Route 2 in Marshfield, pulled out a gun, and demanded money. They took off with an unknown amount of cash and cigarettes. http://www.wcax.com/story/ 30933970/policemarshfield-maplefieldsheld-up Washington 1/16/2016 Armed robbery at the South Burlington Maplefield's on Williston Road.Two men entered the store and approached the employee while brandishing a handgun. Police say they forced the employee behind the counter and made him open the cash register. http://www.wcax.com/story/ 30982152/police-threearrested-after-armedrobbery-in-south-burlington Chittenden 1/19/2016 Patron at Chili's restaurant in Bennington accidentally discharges gun. No injuries. http://www.masslive.com/n ews/index.ssf/2016/01/repo rts_patron_accidentally_di. html Bennington 1/22/2016 A Hardwood Hill man is accused of threatening a Green Mountain Power worker with a handgun by firing the weapon. http://www.reformer.com/lat estnews/ci_29420099/benn ington-man-accused-firinggun-threaten-greenmountain Windham 1/26/2016 Man arrested after breaking into Hyde Park home and being held at gunpoint by homeowner. http://www.examiner.com/a rticle/vermont-man-usesgun-to-stop-intruder-whobroke-into-his-home

1/26/2016 Rutland man made threats to kill himself with a revolver and that he’d recently pointed the same gun at his wife. The man is disqualified from owning a gun because of previous domestic abuse charges.
http://www.vermonttoday.c om/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AI D=/RH/20160125/NEWS02 /160129659

1/31/2016 South Hero man accidentally shot himself in the hip while in the bathroom of a pub. http://www.masslive.com/n ews/index.ssf/2016/02/ver mont_state_police_south_h er.html Grande Is