Scumbag RI used car dealer hit with 2-by-4 in fight over bad junk-car deal dies; customer charged
On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:18:06 -0700, The Real Bev
> wrote:
>On 08/02/2014 09:06 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:
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>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:47:27 -0500, John2 >
>> wrote:
>>>Ashton Crusher wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:46:21 -0500, John2 >
>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>Just Wondering wrote:
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>>>>>>On 7/31/2014 5:34 PM, Bill Cook wrote:
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>>>>>>>PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Police say a Rhode Island dealership owner
>>>>>>>who was struck with a two-by-four in a fight over a junk-car
>>>>>>>deal that went wrong has died.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>This could have been prevented, if only the federal government had
>>>>>>enacted common-sense lumber control legislation.
>>>>>
>>>>>Those semi-auto 2x4s are capable of several clouts a minute and don't
>>>>>have to be reloaded.
>>>>
>>>> At the very least there should be a limit on the length of a 2x4 that
>>>> can be carried in public. If a shorter piece was all that was legal
>>>> the blows might not have been fatal.
>>>
>>> I don't know, wouldn't a sawed off 2x4 have a faster swing, similar to
>>>a semi auto baseball bat?
>>
>> Sawed off 2x4s need to be made illegal too. Only unmodified 2x4s sold
>> by licensed 2x4 dealers should be available. And purchasers should be
>> required to fill out a background check and be subject to a 3 day
>> waiting period before they can take possession of their 2x4. And no
>> one should be allowed to buy more then one 2x4 per month. And it goes
>> without saying that no one should be allowed to ship a 2x4 across
>> state lines without going thru a licensed 2x4 dealer who will ship it
>> to another licensed 2x4 dealer in the other state. And no 2x4's
>> within 1000 feet of a school. No 2x4s inside a bank or court. And no
>> open carry of 2x4s, it scares too many people.
>
>Nice attempt, but not sufficiently restrictive. We need an outright ban
>on 2x4s. Nobody actually needs one and they're much too dangerous in
>the hands of untrained civilians. Only the military and police should
>be allowed to possess 2x4s, and if one is used the user should be put on
>temporary suspension until the investigation is completed.
>
>It's for the children.
Can I at least have a 1x2 in soft white pine?
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