NYC Liberal Gun Laws FAIL AGAIN


Maybe they need EVEN MORE gun control laws. <snicker>

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Mobster shoots man for heckling singer Wed 24 December, 2003 16:08

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The scene in one of New York's fabled Italian
restaurants would have done "The Sopranos" TV scriptwriters proud -- a
reputed mobster shot a man dead for heckling a woman singer.

Police said Broadway chanteuse Rena Strober was singing "Don't Rain on
My Parade" at Rao's, an East Harlem restaurant, on Monday night when a
patron, Albert Circelli, criticised her performance.

Reputed Luchese crime family associate Louis Barone told him to watch
his mouth but when Circelli swore in response, Barone pulled out a .38
calibre revolver and shot him in the back, police said.

A second shot fired by Barone hit another diner, Al Petraglia, 57, in
the foot, police said. Barone dropped the revolver, walked out of the
restaurant and was arrested by police officers.

Circelli, 37, died of his wounds and Petraglia was treated in the
hospital, police said.

Rao's is a 10-table restaurant that accommodates only 40 people. It
has a reputation for exclusivity and a Mafia mystique, but police said
the shooting was not a mob "hit."

Barone, 67, has a record of arrests for gambling and weapons
possession dating back four decades. He could be a character in "The
Sopranos," a popular cable TV show about an organised crime family in
neighbouring New Jersey.

Barone appeared in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday on charges of
second degree murder, assault and weapons possession. If convicted, he
faces 25 years to life.

New York tabloids had a field day."Songfella" read the front page of
the Daily News, "Bullets Bolognese at Rao's as wiseguy whacks a wise
guy who insults singer." The New York Post headline was "Swan Song"
and "Diva diss sparked geezer's gunfire."