When Verbs Fail

I can’t believe this.

“My brother went to war tonight with the government,” Gerald Thornton said in an interview with a local television station after the incident. “He decided that he could no longer verbally work it out.”

More reasons:

On CNN, Mr. Thornton seemed to confirm reports that ticketing of his brother’s commercial vehicles were at the core of the dispute. Violations of his “constitutional protections” was also cited, without elaboration.

NYT

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  1. This man should have never been allowed to purchase a handgun, given his history of antisocial behavior. Of course, it should be illegal for anyone outside of law enforcement, to have a handgun.

    I’ll be curious to learn how this wackjob got his weapon in the first place.

    Comment by The Conservative Deflator — February 10, 2008 @ 10:09 am