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Man accused of trying to kill wife at Orlando airport may still be able to get gun

By Roy Ramos
By Roy Ramos
A man accused of trying to kill his wife at Orlando International Airport has bonded out of the Orange County Jail.
Investigators said William Shultz’s alleged plan was thwarted Tuesday when his daughter notified law enforcement and Orlando police were able to locate Shultz at the airport with a 9 mm gun and a knife.
The victim’s daughter had her mother’s flight redirected to Atlanta.
“These cases are always difficult. The defendant is entitled to a bond,” said WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer. “What the court tried to do is put as many conditions to monitor the defendant as they can put in place to try to protect the victim.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Shultz was ordered to have no contact with his wife and to surrender his weapons, but there were no orders to have Shultz monitored.

“One of the problems is we no longer have GPS monitoring. It is almost impossible to put a condition in place where you can monitor the comings and goings of a defendant,” said Sheaffer.
So the only person to make sure Shultz is following the conditions, if the defendant himself.
“These remedies are only as the good faith effort on the defendant’s part to obey them,” said Sheaffer.
Shultz had a concealed weapons permit, but it’s not clear whether he has to surrender the permit along with the guns.
“There is no requirement under law to register any of the firearms,” said Mike Piwowaraki, the owner of Arms Room Gun Shop in Bithlo. “There is no way anybody has any idea what you have.”
During Shultz's first appearance, the state did not say whether he must surrender the permit.
Channel 9's Roy Ramos asked the state attorney’s office if the permit was still valid.
He was told since Shultz just faced a judge Tuesday, the information about the validity of the permit is not in the system yet, so it would not come up in Shultz’s background search.
If Shultz were to try to purchase a weapon, the gun seller might not see his release conditions stating that he cannot have a firearm. 
“Like any system, there (are) flaws. If there is a domestic violence injunction, if there is a repeat violent injunction, that will show up on the background check, they won’t be able to get it,” Piwowaraki said.
Ramos asked if Shultz would be able to buy again with the permit.
“If he has that concealed weapons license in hand, he can take that gun home the same day,” Piwowaraki said.
The victim has yet to return home for fear Shultz might try and find her.

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