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   From: crizzo@aol.com   
      
   On 03 Aug 2014, Ashton Crusher  posted some   
   news:s56tt9ljj1vhos0ng0r6hjd38e2bm02ldc@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 10:18:06 -0700, The Real Bev   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>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.   
   >   
   > Can I at least have a 1x2 in soft white pine?   
      
   With or without nails?   
      
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