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Resurrecting an old thread:

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Summary: The punk who tried to hijack at gunpoint a new car from car dealer "Lumpy" Lambert (who drew his own pistol and captured the little thug) took a plea deal at the last minute. The punk had earlier killed a truck driver while trying the rob the truck driver of his personal auto. When the trucker tossed the keys to his rig to the punk, punkster shot and killed him. Twelve hours later he tried to carjack Lumpy and instead of tossing him the keys, Lumpy drew down on him and he gave up.

The plea deal will have no practical effect, since punkster is serving a life term plus 20 years for killing the trucker.

Break-break

I missed the earlier detour in this thread, about Dave Grossman and battlefield psychology and all that. Grossman references SLA Marshalls study that only a few WWII soldiers ever tried to actually shoot the enemy. It is my understanding that after SLA Marshall's death, his personal papers were examined, and there was little found that would actually support his claims. His claims (about percentages) were also doubted because of the way he conducted his studies -- he asked open-ended questions of men immediately after battle, which provided good insights, but did not apparently systematically and specifically collect information on who pulled a trigger and who did not. Something to ponder when basing conclusions on his stuff.