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In reply to the discussion: Montana teacher's 1-month rape sentence overturned [View all]greiner3
(5,214 posts)13. "Had he killed him any other way (bow and arrow, booby trap, etc)..."
Booby trap is one you can 'get away with' but a gun IS so much deadlier, quicker to use, reuse and repeat, in some states (more coming to a state near you) courts have shown it's a pretty easy thing to kill someone (legally), so much smaller than most other lethal means, so much more of a chance of achieving what you want to, so much quicker than anything else, etc...
I can see a booby trap matching nearly all ways that makes a gun the weapon of choice; poison, a bow and arrow rigged to shoot when something is activated, explosion, an animal is loosed, etc...
So many 'for rent' trolls on DU lately, but they are pretty well known and every once in a while they 'go away' and ne'er a word from them again.
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And ignoring that guns are the weapon of choice in the vast majority of these cases
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2014
#5
Yes, please ignore the death tube spewing lead, it has nothing to do with this.
Exultant Democracy
May 2014
#43
So battery with a penis isn't enough for you, they've gotta use their fists as well. Got it. Edit..
moriah
May 2014
#46
a physical and psychological violation is a physical and psychological violation
magical thyme
May 2014
#44
For example, using the irrelevant phrase "sexually mature" to imply a difference without a distincti
LanternWaste
May 2014
#54
Oh sure. My opinion that 4 years is a good sentence is JUST like saying rape is perfectly dandy.
Chemisse
May 2014
#42
I'm sorry to reply again, but this gets me. "Violent, forcible rape" is extremely redundant, and...
moriah
May 2014
#32
Judges that hand out weak sentences have some control over the situation as well.
athenasatanjesus
Apr 2014
#14
It is good to hear that the Montana Supreme Court overturned the original sentence
davidpdx
May 2014
#56