Posted on 05/02/2005 10:46:42 PM PDT by kingattax
SYRACUSE - Two men were stabbed with a samurai-style sword during an argument in the basement of a Syracuse home, and one went to the hospital with the blade sticking through him, police said.
Luke Jenkins, 34, had two wounds to his abdomen.
But Edward Cannon, 39, was pierced from the lower abdomen through the upper back, according to police.
Both men were in fair condition later at University Hospital, a nursing supervisor said.
Jeremy Bartle, 22, was charged with second-degree attempted murder and fourth-degree weapon possession in the stabbings about 4 a.m. Saturday at his address, police spokesman Lt. Joe Cecile said.
There was no word on what sparked the bloody sword play, or where the blade came from
10 day "cooling off" waiting period for swords will be introduced today in the state legislature.
Gaarrunteed!
Sushi, anyone?
Visions of Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction.
The state to which the Way of swordsmanship has fallen these days is truly regrettable. This Jeremy Bartle ought to have been studying and training daily and nightly. The cut should be clean and decisive, not some penetrating stab after which the recipient is in "fair condition". The only saving grace seems to be that Bartle kept his sword properly sharpened, at least in the blade tip area.
OTOH, newsies will report the most amazing misconceptions of reporters. At least they didn't say the dudes stabbed each other with tanks.
We have to ban all swords, knives, and sharp cutting instruments...oh, and baseball bats.
Jeremy Bartle, 22, was charged with second-degree attempted murder and fourth-degree weapon possession
It sounds like sword possession already is illegal in new york apparently nothing is legal to own in new york.
I think that this has to do with the potential to use the sword as an ashtray.
each wage-earning resident IS allowed one checkbook with which to write checks to the great Liberal New York Tax God ...
"I choppy-choppy your pee-pee!!! Hahaha!!!"
were spoken.
You forgot pencils and pens. The TSA hasn't thought of that yet. BTW, I brought a lighter back on my last trip to/from Detroit. Even though Reid tried to light his sneakers with a match. The TSA is run by a flippin bunch or morons. Someday, I'm going to walk through the magnetometers bare-assed stark naked. And I expect one of these sh!theads to ask me to take off my shoes!
That is one of the reasons why we left NY to settle in Western NC. The other was the election of the Beast.
Benihana?
Oh dear, what a visual!
Grinning... and of course, we forgot knitting needles and hat pins on our list.
LOL
Hmmmmmmm?
Is a 4th degree weapons charge one step below a black belt?
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