Chipperman
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http://www.unionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=61914
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THE BASEBALL bat has become the weapon of choice for a growing number of criminals in New Hampshire. Consider:
In May, Mayor Bob Baines witnessed a fight involving a baseball bat outside a downtown nightclub.
On Aug. 11 Stephen Raymond was brutally struck down by an assailant swinging a red baseball bat.
On Sept. 4, men armed with baseball bats and an ax beat a McDonald's custodian in Meredith.
On Sept. 15, an 18-year-old was arrested on Maple Street carrying a knife, brass knuckles and a black-and-silver baseball bat.
In late September, Nashua police announced that youth gangs were increasingly using baseball bats as weapons. Two people were hit in the head with baseball bats in the city that month.
Also in September, a Manchester man reported that four people assaulted him; one had a broken ski pole and one a baseball bat.
On Oct. 4, two Manchester men robbed a pizza delivery man by threatening him with a baseball bat.
All this makes us wonder, will anti-gun types soon begin calling for the registration and regulation of ball bats? Will Louisville Slugger adopt the slogan, "Baseball bats don't kill people, people do"?
Of course, if any of the victims of these attacks had been carrying concealed firearms, the results might have been very different. But then, we can't have people walking around with guns under their belts, now can we?
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THE BASEBALL bat has become the weapon of choice for a growing number of criminals in New Hampshire. Consider:
In May, Mayor Bob Baines witnessed a fight involving a baseball bat outside a downtown nightclub.
On Aug. 11 Stephen Raymond was brutally struck down by an assailant swinging a red baseball bat.
On Sept. 4, men armed with baseball bats and an ax beat a McDonald's custodian in Meredith.
On Sept. 15, an 18-year-old was arrested on Maple Street carrying a knife, brass knuckles and a black-and-silver baseball bat.
In late September, Nashua police announced that youth gangs were increasingly using baseball bats as weapons. Two people were hit in the head with baseball bats in the city that month.
Also in September, a Manchester man reported that four people assaulted him; one had a broken ski pole and one a baseball bat.
On Oct. 4, two Manchester men robbed a pizza delivery man by threatening him with a baseball bat.
All this makes us wonder, will anti-gun types soon begin calling for the registration and regulation of ball bats? Will Louisville Slugger adopt the slogan, "Baseball bats don't kill people, people do"?
Of course, if any of the victims of these attacks had been carrying concealed firearms, the results might have been very different. But then, we can't have people walking around with guns under their belts, now can we?
