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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAccording to Collegiate Times<\/a>, Yunsong Zhao, a Chinese national in the United States, more specifically, a Virginia Tech student, was arrested by Virginia State Police for possessing a scary-looking black rifle and a 30-round magazine. The magazine made the rifle an “assault rifle” under Virginia law<\/a>, and therefore forbidden for possession by a non-citizen.<\/p>\n The law defines an assault firearm as a semi-automatic rifle or pistol with a magazine that can hold more than 20 rounds, designed to accommodate a silencer or with a folding stock.<\/p>\n According to the arrest warrant obtained by WSLS, Zhao had attempted to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition as well. He also purchased a former police vehicle, a 2011 blue and silver Ford Crown Victoria, and modified it with a new bumper. Zhao has no known criminal history and has family in China.<\/p>\n The Roanoke Times reports that police searched the Crown Victoria, a 2003 Ford F-150 parked at Foxridge Apartment Homes and his room in Cochrane but took nothing.<\/p>\n On Jan. 15, Zhao had checked in an AR-15 assault rifle into the student gun locker. Police received a report that Zhao had bought the magazine on Jan. 22, and on Jan. 26, Zhao checked out a Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle.<\/p>\n A Blacksburg detective was informed after he checked out the weapon and observed Zhao shooting a .223 caliber weapon with a 30-round magazine at the Jefferson National Forest firing range on Craig Creek Road. The Virginia Tech Police Department’s (VTPD) daily crime log indicates that on Jan. 27, an arrest was made for a firearms violation at 5:10 p.m. at 182 Craig Creek Road.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The story is a little light on details like how a non-US citizen was able to buy a firearm. He didn’t get arrested until he tried to buy 5,000 rounds of ammunition according to CBS News<\/a>. That’s kind of a lot. But the State Police say that they don’t think that he was up to anything nefarious, but VT booted him and he’s in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on March 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"