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   From: oesteventas@gmail.com   
      
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   Ashton Crusher  wrote:   
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   > On Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:47:27 -0500, John2    
   > wrote:   
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   > >Ashton Crusher wrote:   
   > >> On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:46:21 -0500, John2    
   > >> wrote:   
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   > >>>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.   
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   > >> 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.   
      
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