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Furor in Seattle: Did man die for whittling, or posing a clear threat?
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"Reader feedback sections in both the on-line Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer editions are loading up with comments (more than 220 in the Times at last count) as the public reacts to Monday afternoon's fatal shooting by a Seattle police officer of a man apparently carrying a knife."
"Was the man merely whittling, as has been reported, or did the officer perceive a genuine threat when he confronted the as-yet unidentified man? ..." ...
"It is probably not against the law anywhere to whittle on a stick, but in Seattle, it is a violation to do so with a fixed-blade knife or folder that has a blade longer than 3 ½ inches. Seattle code prohibits carrying such knives openly or concealed. ..." ... |
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As an individual, I believe, very strongly, that handguns should be banned and that there should be stringent, effective control of other firearms. However, as a judge, I know full well that the question of whether handguns can be sold is a political one, not an issue of products liability law, and that this is a matter for the legislatures, not the courts. The unconventional theories advanced in this case (and others) are totally without merit, a misuse of products liability laws. — Judge Buchmeyer, Patterson v. Gesellschaft, 1206 F.Supp. 1206, 1216 (N.D. Tex. 1985) |
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