Fred C. Dobbs
2012-12-20 20:23:25 UTC
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-burns-assault-weapons-ban-20121220,0,6774314.story
The author is the federal judge, Larry Alan Burns (appointed by George
W. Bush) who sentenced Jared Lee Loughner for the attack in Tucson that
wounded Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people, including another
federal district court judge. It's a well written opinion piece.
I'm amused by Burns's first paragraph:
Last month, I sentenced Jared Lee Loughner to seven consecutive
life terms plus 140 years in federal prison for his shooting
rampage in Tucson. That tragedy left six people dead, more than
twice that number injured and a community shaken to its core.
Seven consecutive life terms *plus* another 140 years! I guess if it
had only been an additional 135 years, that would have made Burns a
handwringing bleeding heart liberal with a misplaced sense of leniency,
and he wouldn't have been able to write "A conservative case for an
assault weapons ban."
The author is the federal judge, Larry Alan Burns (appointed by George
W. Bush) who sentenced Jared Lee Loughner for the attack in Tucson that
wounded Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people, including another
federal district court judge. It's a well written opinion piece.
I'm amused by Burns's first paragraph:
Last month, I sentenced Jared Lee Loughner to seven consecutive
life terms plus 140 years in federal prison for his shooting
rampage in Tucson. That tragedy left six people dead, more than
twice that number injured and a community shaken to its core.
Seven consecutive life terms *plus* another 140 years! I guess if it
had only been an additional 135 years, that would have made Burns a
handwringing bleeding heart liberal with a misplaced sense of leniency,
and he wouldn't have been able to write "A conservative case for an
assault weapons ban."
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Any more lip out of you and I'll haul off and let you have it...if you
know what's good for you, you won't monkey around with Fred C. Dobbs.
Any more lip out of you and I'll haul off and let you have it...if you
know what's good for you, you won't monkey around with Fred C. Dobbs.