Attempted murder with a hammer.

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Sir William

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A 24 y/o Mayfield, KY resident, Luis Vega Lopez was lodged in the Graves County Jail after being charged with attempted murder by MPD officer Jerry Gore. Gore responded around 1900 to 408 Pryor Street in the Bottoms area of Mayfield. Gore found Pedro Ortiz, 25 lying in the floor of a hallway. Ortiz was bleeding from the head. Graves County EMS transported Ortiz to the Jackson Purchase Medical Center. Ortiz was treated and released with staples in his head and a concussion. Officer Gore concluded during further investigation that Lopez of 418 Second Street also in the Bottoms was the hammer attacker. I guess anything can be used as a murder weapon. This is becoming common locally. I am aware of two murders, a suicide and this attempted murder where a hammer was the weapon of choice. Which city will be the first to ban citizens from owning hammers? Should a 4473 be required at Lowes and Home Depots? Should a citizen be allowed to own a 8 lbs sledge hammer?
 
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Double Naught Spy

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Of course nobody and no city will be banning hammers. That is ridiculous. Nobody will ever be filling out a 4473 for a hammer either. The 4473 pertains to firearms.

So you guess anything could be used as a murder weapon? Is this hammer attack what brought this to your attention? Of course just about anything can be used and folks have been creative in using a variety of implements for such purposes.

Hammer attacks, while apparently a new concept to you, are not uncommon. In fact, there is a whole body of comparative damage by hammers on skulls. Much of the information comes from direct autopsy reports. Some comes from testing on cadavers. What is interesting is that from these comparative studies and documentation, it is possible to identify what type of hammer was used. Specific hammer types often have similar structures in common with one another. Some brands of hammer have attributes specific to their brand or model.

Suicide by hammer?

pneumatic hammer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11451087&dopt=Citation
 
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KSFreeman

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Suicide by hammer: late '70s, Fort Wayne, Indiana, corner rules that individual found with 11 framing hammer blows to the head died of the result of a suicide. Caused outrage throughout state.
 
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Rob P.

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Tongue in cheek (hay, how come we no gots a smiley for that one?).....

Of course nobody and no city will be banning hammers. That is ridiculous. Nobody will ever be filling out a 4473 for a hammer either. The 4473 pertains to firearms.
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So maybe we'll use a 4473(h)? ("h" being, of course, the designation for "hammer".)

So you guess anything could be used as a murder weapon? Is this hammer attack what brought this to your attention? Of course just about anything can be used and folks have been creative in using a variety of implements for such purposes.
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Such as the jawbone of an ass...

I can see it now... the new Omni Consumer Products "assault hammer" - 8lbs of pure muscle and lethal force machine. For those who REALLY feel the need to compensate for (ahem) "something". :eek:

Shortly afterwards to be followed by Presidential Premier Feinstein XIV's declaration of a national ban against semi-auto hammers and nailers "because no one needs to own a semi-auto hammer or nailer" in this day and age. :rolleyes:
 
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