# No Background Check, No Powertools, No Exceptions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477 "2006-07-07T09:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/1 "2006-07-07T09:18:45Z")
[Lunatic attacks 64 year old man on NYC using cordless power tools.](http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/06/subway.rampage/index.html) > [@](#): > > A man went on a rampage in the New York City subway Thursday, terrorizing riders with two battery-powered saws and critically wounding a 64-year-old man, police said. > > Police arrested the 30-year-old man. > > “The suspect encountered a 64-year-old male who was entering the subway station and assaulted the man in the chest before fleeing the scene,” said Sgt. Kevin Hayes of the New York Police Department. “The victim was removed and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital in critical but stable condition.” That’s got to be pretty terrifying, having some guy hacking at you with power tools. Now that this has hit the national media, I wonder how long it’ll be before there’s a copycat crime? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/2 "2006-07-07T13:30:40Z")
Obviously, a frustrated street magician, who couldn’t find a beautiful female assistant to saw in half. DAMMIT! This country _needs_ more women in ladies’ tuxes, top hats & fishnet stockings! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/3 "2006-07-07T14:15:06Z")
So very many jokes, but that’s a little too whacked and vicious for me to make light of. Besides, aren’t you supposed to demand the money _before_ you attack? I’d just find it a little difficult to pull out my wallet while being vivisected… ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/4 "2006-07-07T14:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=TuckerfanNow that this has hit the national media, I wonder how long it’ll be before there’s a copycat crime?[/QUOTE] Measure twice; cut once. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/5 "2006-07-07T15:28:34Z")
Naturally, the Homeland Security response will be that subway workers will no longer be able to use portable tools. ---
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/6 "2006-07-07T15:37:07Z")
Yikes! What the hell is going on? Copycats? There already is a rash of unprovoked subway violence. This is the fourth incident in a month! Around the middle of last month, a guy was stabbed on the train in Harlem. A day later two tourists where stabbed in the Times Square station and another guy was stabbed at the Rockefeller Center station! :eek: I take the D train to Rockefeller Center everyday for work. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/7 "2006-07-07T17:07:48Z")
Its the Mole People. They’re emerging from the Subways & Sewers to wage ruthless war against Mankind & Headwaiters alike. And just remember–I warned you all! ---
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/8 "2006-07-07T17:14:46Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] Its the Mole People. They’re emerging from the Subways & Sewers to wage ruthless war against Mankind & Headwaiters alike. And just remember–I warned you all! [/QUOTE] Yikes! **MOLE PEOPLE**! ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/9 "2006-07-07T17:58:33Z")
The suspect has been charged with a 14.4 volt QuickCharge. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/10 "2006-07-07T18:29:34Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] That’s got to be pretty terrifying, having some guy hacking at you with power tools. Now that this has hit the national media, I wonder how long it’ll be before there’s a copycat crime? [/QUOTE] The national Terror Alert Level has been raised to Plaid. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/11 "2006-07-07T19:40:44Z")
My wife always made jokes about the holster I have on my tool belt for my cordless drill/driver. Well, it’s not so funny now, is it my pretty? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/12 "2006-07-07T19:47:49Z")
S’not mole people. It’s [C.H.U.D.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/13 "2006-07-07T21:00:37Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] S’not mole people. It’s [C.H.U.D.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087015/) [/QUOTE] Naw, CHUD moved to Peoria. Could be Sleestacks, though. _Crip_ Sleestacks! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/14 "2006-07-07T22:58:24Z")
C.H.U.D.s, Molemen, Morlocks, whatever. I’m not fucking with any Edward Cordlesspowersawhands mother fucker. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/15 "2006-07-08T06:09:48Z")
[QUOTE=msmith537] C.H.U.D.s, Molemen, Morlocks, whatever. I’m not fucking with any Edward Cordlesspowersawhands mother fucker. [/QUOTE] You win the thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/16 "2006-07-08T13:32:44Z")
Now this is why CNN is just plain useless for this kind of news: they leave out the most important details. > **[2006 World Cup scandal inquiry to cost 3.5 mn euros - Breitbart](https://www.breitbart.com/news/2006-world-cup-scandal-inquiry-to-cost-3-5-mn-euros/)** > > Berlin (AFP) – The German FA’s (DFB) inquiry into the 2006 World Cup scandal is set to cost around 3.5 million euros ($3.83m), interim > [@](#): > > A man grabbed two cordless power saws off a subway station workbench and went on a rampage Thursday, swinging the saws at riders and slicing open a man’s chest before running away, police said. > > Police were searching for the suspect, described by witnesses as a thin man in his 30s, who had earrings in both ears and was possibly **carrying a teddy bear.** ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/17 "2006-07-08T13:50:25Z")
Well, we NRA types have been saying it for years: you take guns away from criminals and criminals get more creative. If you can’t get ahold of a Sig, get a Sawzall. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/18 "2006-07-08T14:47:34Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] […] aren’t you supposed to demand the money _before_ you attack? [/QUOTE] They don’t want your money. They want your PAIN. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/19 "2006-07-08T16:54:41Z")
Can you believe that he used reciprocating saws? Geez, a job like this, you need a chain saw or a modified circular saw. Always use the right tool for the job. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477/20 "2006-07-08T19:25:57Z")
I have a Stryker and I’m not afraid to use it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-background-check-no-powertools-no-exceptions/363477.md?page=2)