Scumbag RI used car dealer hit with 2-by-4 in fight over bad junk-car deal dies; customer charged
"Ashton Crusher" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:18:06 -0700, The Real Bev
> > wrote:
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>>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:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Just Wondering wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On 7/31/2014 5:34 PM, Bill Cook wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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?
No, because you can easily convert it to a 2x4 in violation of the law.
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