XPost: ri.general, sac.politics, alt.politics   
   XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 08/02/2014 09:06 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
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   Cheers, Bev   
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