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10 people were injured, some critically, and the attacker is dead in British Columbia from a hammer attack. Earlier this year in Detroit an FBI agent shot a man when attacked with a hammer while serving an arrest warrant.
How many of these attacks will there be before we take common sense measures like requiring registration of all hammers and background checks before they can be purchased? When will police visit construction sites to make sure all hammers are properly registered?
When will we pass laws requiring carpenters and other building professionals to keep their tools in hammer safes? Will Lowes and Home Depot add security cameras to prevent the theft of hammers? When will we require a full union apprenticeship in order to possess a hammer? Just a few weeks ago my neighbor used a hammer to build a play house for her children that was not authorized by the city, and she used an unregistered hammer belonging to me.
Hollywood continues to glamorize violence with hammers in the Marvel Entertainment division of Disney release of Thor. Even Playskool, a division of Hasbro, and Fisher Price, a division of Mattel, continue to sell plastic tool sets that include hammers, thereby teaching children that these dangerous implements are toys.
I realize I am taking a risk here. I mean no disrespect to the real people who were injured in the attack. I have plenty of disrespect for the ideas of the people who think we can solve serious societal issues by passing more laws that cannot be enforced and cause more problems than they solve.
10 people were injured, some critically, and the attacker is dead in British Columbia from a hammer attack. Earlier this year in Detroit an FBI agent shot a man when attacked with a hammer while serving an arrest warrant.
How many of these attacks will there be before we take common sense measures like requiring registration of all hammers and background checks before they can be purchased? When will police visit construction sites to make sure all hammers are properly registered?
When will we pass laws requiring carpenters and other building professionals to keep their tools in hammer safes? Will Lowes and Home Depot add security cameras to prevent the theft of hammers? When will we require a full union apprenticeship in order to possess a hammer? Just a few weeks ago my neighbor used a hammer to build a play house for her children that was not authorized by the city, and she used an unregistered hammer belonging to me.
Hollywood continues to glamorize violence with hammers in the Marvel Entertainment division of Disney release of Thor. Even Playskool, a division of Hasbro, and Fisher Price, a division of Mattel, continue to sell plastic tool sets that include hammers, thereby teaching children that these dangerous implements are toys.
I realize I am taking a risk here. I mean no disrespect to the real people who were injured in the attack. I have plenty of disrespect for the ideas of the people who think we can solve serious societal issues by passing more laws that cannot be enforced and cause more problems than they solve.
