Judge refuses to toss Coast Guard officer’s gun charges

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge in Maryland has refused to dismiss gun charges against a Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling weapons and drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and TV journalists.
U.S. District Judge George Hazel’s ruling on Friday paves the way for 50-year-old Christopher Hasson to be tried in October on all four counts in his indictment.
Hasson’s lawyers argued that two of the counts, both charging him with unlawful possession of firearm