Doctor who threatened to kill wife wants his 18 guns back

[Cavalier Knight]

A Manhattan doctor accused of threatening to fatally shoot his social-circuit wife is now suing the NYPD to get back his gun permit — and his 18 registered pistols.

Dr. Peter Kaplan, a child psychologist affiliated with NYU Langone Medical Center, had warned his estranged fashion-designer wife, Andrea Karambelas, in July 2013 that he had “access to guns’’ and “she “would be dead,’’ the woman says.

She filed a domestic-incident report and got a restraining order against him, according to court records.

Kaplan was convicted of violating the order when he told his brother to ask his wife to drop the claim. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail, a year of probation and his guns were taken away.

Doctor who threatened to kill wife wants his 18 guns back | New York Post

 

[Phazer]

Ummm....one thing....if you do indeed have firearms, DO NOT EVEN JOKE about shooting somebody. That will always be construed as a credible threat.

 

[VietnamEraVet]

Ummm....one thing....if you do indeed have firearms, DO NOT EVEN JOKE about shooting somebody. That will always be construed as a credible threat.

So true! No one seems to be able to take a joke anymore... I know this firsthand!

Long story short, - years ago I had a relative who was pressuring me over money I did not owe, threaten to call the police and claim I was threatening them with a gun. Having no gun, and not having even remotely threatened them, I called their bluff. And, ... they called 911 and falsely claimed I threatened their life at gunpoint. No arrests, but later my permit was suspended because I wrote a letter to them some months later, and in responding to their false accusation, I told them "that the ONLY way they would ever even see me with a gun was if they saw me shooting trap at the range..." because I would only ever use a gun legally.

And,... then they wrote a letter to the authorities claiming that my statement about only ever using a gun legally and at the range was actually a threat on their life. I couldn't fuckin believe it!

I got my permit and my guns back months later, and have never spoken to them or communicated again except through my attorney,- and that will be the case until I die.

As far as I am concerned, common sense has gone out the window in many cases. Nowadays, you can't say BOO to people without some of them getting their panties in a twist.

 

[C3D]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say he probably will not get his license back.

 

[DoD1776]

Lol, I bet they're gonna give a gun to the bad guy. Never do the good guys get their guns back.

 

[GOPerfect]

And, he should get all of them back!

 

[Catskillkid]

Don't know the full situation or if the threat was indeed legitimate but, it is WAY too easy to have your 2nd Amendment rights stripped of simply because of the unfounded accusations of another individual. And good luck trying to get them reinstated. Mark my words, there will come a day when none of us will be able to own guns, board a plane, or buy psuedophed.

 

[Criticalt]

Ive heard way to many liberals say they will not hesitate to tell police a gun owner pulled a gun on them.
This is a very scary thought. The police MUST take it seriously and I understand that, but there must be some burden of proof.......but theres no such proof neeeded.
My suggestion is that we sll wear body cameras 24/7.

 

[Cleck]

So, they cleared him of the charges relating to harassment and assault, does that mean they found no credible evidence he threatened her? She said she won't back down from the accusation, yet she dropped the restraining order against him. Sounds like she made it up.

If they can't find evidence, and in light of them dropping the charges basically, sounds like he should get his shit back. Otherwise, never joke about it because someone will always find a way to use it against you.

Whole situation seems kinda weird

 

[Bananabandit]

Its a joke, not a dick. Dont take it so hard.

But really, leave those thoughts inside your head.