Weer'd World

This is an imaginative one.

A Washington State University graduate student, accused of attempting to murder his wife at their home in Uniontown, appeared in a Whitman County courtroom where he pleaded not guilty Friday morning.

Jacob Forster, 32, was arrested on April 30th after he allegedly attempted to poison his wife by placing a box over her head that had a hose attached to a nitrogen gas tank.

Wow, that’s a LOT of thought for an unsuccessful murder. Of course those who use the metric of “Gun Death” might say that if he had used a gun he’d DEFINITELY have killed his wife. Of course if he had used a knife or a club his results likely would have been the same.

But hey, guns are different…because they are different!

h/T Barron

They were VERY popular in the 80s…seems they’re making a comeback!

Southern California authorities say four youngsters could be charged with attempted murder after they beat and critically injured a man with their skateboards.

The Orange County Register says it happened Friday night after a woman bystander tried to break up a fight between two groups at a Huntington Beach skate park.

Hey, no guns, so common street punks aren’t ANYTHING to worry about!

Not all boys are good….

A day before a 12-year-old boy was arrested for the stabbing death of his 8-year-old sister, his mother described him as “protective” of his younger sibling.

Leila Fowler’s killing last month shook the quiet community of Valley Springs, southeast of Sacramento, and set off an intense manhunt. Her brother was in the home at the time and told police he saw a man run from the scene.

Days later, the boy appeared with his parents at a vigil for his sister, and on Friday, as speculation in the community built that perhaps the boy was involved, his mother told Sacramento television station KOVR her son “could never hurt his sister.”

Less than a day later, police delivered the stunning news: The 12-year-old boy had been arrested and will be charged with homicide.

Its still unclear if the boy killed his sister, either way, no gun, no “Gun Death”…so what’s the big deal?

H/T Sean

I own one, its damn near impossible to dig in New England without one to bust up all the roots and small rocks we have in the soil here.

An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack, police said.

Carabinieri paramilitary police in Milan said the 21-year-old attacker was taken into custody shortly after the attacks in a residential area on the northern outskirts of the city.

People working in cafes and other businesses near the attack told Sky TG24 TV that the man wildly swung a pickaxe, running down streets and ferociously striking passersby, mainly on the head. Pools of blood stained the streets.

A 40-year-old man died after being struck on the head with the pickaxe and suffering further blows to the abdomen while he lay on the ground, police said. The victim was described as an unemployed man who was heading to a cafe near his home.

Brutal! But when in Rome, you just get to die at the hands of the Pickaxe wielding psycho!

Still in the eyes of those who think “Gun Death” is a relevant metric, by me OWNING a pickaxe I’m just moments away from snapping and killing people at random.

OK maybe because I actually have a Mattock, and not a pickaxe….