A helluva story.

The judge might have seen something the two vets would be able to remedy if he gave them hope. Their being in prison for seventy-plus years, besides denying them an opportunity, would have cost taxpayers a lot.

Guns laws in the US are so ass backwards they actually discriminate against the responsible in favor of the mentally challenged. In spite of what ammosexuals purport to be traditional values' the sacred individual right to bear arms is a recent development. If assault rifles had existed in the thirties they would likely have been included in gun control and even Reagan opposed giving guns to morons,

The three largest money producing "businesses" in the world are: 1) Weapons production and sales. 2) Drugs - both legal and illegal, manufacturing and distribution 3) Food production - most by giant agro businesses and helped by small farming and even subsistence farming.

Nasty business