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Not necessarily.Deltaboy wrote:A 2011 Darwin award nominee!
What a waste of life!
Dave2 wrote:It's usually kinda hard to make the news by being representative of the general population.Excaliber wrote:I haven't spent much time there, but if the deceased subject of the news article is representative of the general population, it would be difficult to disagree with you.george wrote:"had not gotten a permit through the sheriff's office to purchase a handgun"
For explanation, the poor people in North Carolina still have this law on the books, going back to reconstruction. Supposedly, the original intent of these laws were to insure you had the proper skin color to purchase a pistol. Most of the states around here have since repealed these laws, but those guys in North Carolina are a little slower than most.
Point very well taken!I haven't spent much time there, but if the deceased subject of the news article is representative of the general population, it would be difficult to disagree with you.george wrote:"had not gotten a permit through the sheriff's office to purchase a handgun"
For explanation, the poor people in North Carolina still have this law on the books, going back to reconstruction. Supposedly, the original intent of these laws were to insure you had the proper skin color to purchase a pistol. Most of the states around here have since repealed these laws, but those guys in North Carolina are a little slower than most.
