Negligent Hammer Discharge of the Day: Car Vandal Edition

By Robert Farago

Regular readers know that TTAG’s called for a ban on hammers. We did so just to prove a point: when it comes to preventing crime, focusing on the weapon is a fool’s errand. A story from eastvalleytribune.com undescores that assertion: “The victim [Steven Marshall Melcher] was standing on his porch near Dobson and University, as Brett Benavides [above] was smashing his girlfriend’s car’s windshield in a parking lot feet away, court documents said. The hammer somehow flew from Benavides’ hand and hit Melcher in the forehead, documents said. Melcher developed a brain bleed, fell …read more

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