The critical issue was whether or not the husband was more mentally challenged than his obviously deranged wife.
Wouldn't live next to these folks ~ imagine if the paperboy tossed your newspaper on their lawn.
Louisiana tried to change their laws in response to this sort of thing but got nowhere. Darned good reason to stay out of their residential areas ~
Now, back to the article ~ the writer has an obvious agenda and is willing to bend the truth to support it.
He doesn't want you to have guns ~ which might not be a bad idea ~ but even worse he doesn't want me to have guns! And that's none of his business. Here I am living in Virginia and we cut the murder rate in Richmond, then America's murder capital, through the simple expedient of making the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime punishable by an additional 5 years hard time in the state pen.
We cut the murder rates in communities throughout the Commonwealth by abolishing parole (to the horror of sociologists and criminologists in Europe).
The Virginia gun death rates are lower than those in DC ~ Maryland, with strict laws on gun possession, has higher rates than Virginia, but lower rates than DC.
This guy wouldn't be safe on the streets of D.C. at night, in the morning, in the afternoon, on weekends, on weekdays, and certainly not when the clubs close in the wee hours.
But it wasn't It was almost two weeks before.
Guy in pimp suit, offsider normally dressed, demanding to party. When challenged, guy in pimp suit charges householder with gun.
Result: