Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Robbed By Man Armed With Machete
by Nina Totenberg
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been the victim of an armed robbery, but is unharmed.
Breyer, his wife, Joanna, and a friend were at the Breyer vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis when a man broke in with a machete and confronted them. The intruder fled with about $1,000 in cash. A Supreme Court spokeswoman said no one was hurt, and that the robbery was reported to local authorities. The FBI is said to be aiding in the investigation.
This is not the first time that a Supreme Court justice has been the victim of a crime. In 2004 Justice David Souter was mugged while jogging, and sustained minor injuries. In 1996 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had her purse snatched while walking with her husband and daughter near her Washington, D.C., apartment.
What the fuck?
Did he look like Danny Trejo?
ReplyDeleteSee, another example of how criminals don't need guns to commit crimes. Maybe what we need is machete control, instead of gun control.
Or maybe people on Nevis are just too poor to afford guns. Maybe the solution is to raise taxes on the poor so they can't afford guns. Maybe that will work. Only allow the rich to buy guns. Hey there's an idea.
I don't think a store would sell a machete to a child, and I believe it is illegal to carry a machete concealed in most places in the US. I could be wrong, maybe you would no more than I.
DeleteWell, what if you might need to defend yourself against a badger on your way to your mailbox, and you don't want to freak out the neighbor's kids, wouldn't concealing the machete, until such time as the badger attempts to chew your achilles tendon, be the right thing to do?? You're not thinking about this straight, dude.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously, (I can be serious sometimes) this might answer that legitimate question: http://www.knife-expert.com/sta-law.htm, as you will see it is in fact legal in some states.
Well, it's not my rule, but frankly... I would rather people's weapons be in plain sight. Concealment just seems inherently criminal to me, because I don't trust people who hide things.
DeleteI doubt you would upset anyone by carrying a machete to your mailbox.
Well here's the thing... concealed or not it's still being carried by the person, that doesn't change WHO is carrying it. The problem here is not concealment or openness, but intent. I do no share your view that concealment is fishy. A weapon carried openly is more likely to be stolen, and therefore more likely to fall into the wrong hands, IMHO. And in the case of a firearm, a weapon carried openly is more likely to be accidentally discharged than a concealed one. So concealment is actually the safer way to go.
DeleteThe safest way to go is to just be unarmed. There's no reason to walk around armed in most cases.
DeleteWell, no reason... except for when a fool walks into your home with a machete.
DeleteActually, he wasn't armed in this instance and he ended up fine. If he had been armed and thought he could be a hero, we don't know what would have happened.
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