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One of two concealed gun permit holders involved in a rolling shootout down Milwaukee streets and freeways last year was turned down Thursday when he asked a judge to order the return of the gun seized after the incident.

Roy Anthony Scott told police he was merely trying to escape from Eric Adamany, 29, and fired in self-defense. Scott was never charged in the June 2013 shootout. Adamany was, and his case of recklessly endangering safety is pending.

Scott, also 29, was charged in September 2013 with being party to the crime of armed robbery at an auto-parts store three months earlier. But that case was dismissed last month because prosecutors failed repeatedly to provide discovery material requested by Scott's lawyer that he contended would show similar robberies by similarly described suspects have been occurring after Scott was arrested and put on house arrest and GPS monitoring.

Two days later, Scott again petitioned for the return of his black and chrome .40-caliber Ruger. On Thursday, appearing without a lawyer, he told Circuit Judge Dennis Moroney, "I was just hoping to get my gun back. I'm not a felon." He told the judge he didn't want to discuss the robbery case — "14 months of stress" — and that as to the July 2013 shootout, "I was completely defending myself."

But Moroney declined to return the gun. The judge said while he owns guns and is a big supporter of the Second Amendment, he felt the freeway incident — in which about 50 rounds were fired between the two men's cars as they covered about 5 miles — "breaches the intent" of Wisconsin's concealed-carry law.

"Obviously, I'm a little concerned with the conduct. It's a danger, man," Moroney said. "My job is to protect society."

He remarked that he had a printout of a Journal Sentinel story about the June 2013 shootout before him, and asked, "I trust neither has a permit any longer?"

Assistant District Attorney Sara Schroeder said she did not know the status of either permit. She said she hopes to refile the armed robbery charge against Scott, and may revisit his involvement in the shootout with Adamany and therefore opposed the return of Scott's weapon.

Scott declined to talk with a reporter after his hearing.

Adamany's case was suspended earlier this year while he underwent court-ordered psychological evaluation. He was later found competent to proceed. In October, he asked that his concealed-carry license be reinstated so he could get a job, but Circuit Judge Carolina Stark reminded Adamany he is not to possess any weapons while on pretrial release.

His trial is now set for March.