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Rex Martinich

US man linked to Qld shootings claims right to own guns

Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were shot in cold blood. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE UNION)

A US man linked to the fatal shooting of two Queensland police officers has claimed his right to guns for self-defence has been violated by charges of alleged firearms possession while a convicted felon.

Donald Day Jr, 58, was arrested in December 2023 by the FBI in Arizona on two counts of "interstate threats" 12 months after the fatal shootings at rural Wieambilla, west of Brisbane.

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