I'd also add that '... the dignity of man' requires that you not be murdered, even by the retarded. Is the only argument for the death penalty that it deters?
Hmh, .308 and .50 is pretty much standard for sniping, but anything from .22 on up can be used. I remember reading about the Serbs using .323 Mausers for that purpose. This kinda hits home since I was stationed at Ft Bragg. Odds are that he was up to no good. Two hundred rounds aren't that many, I reload more than that in a session, but given the guy's history I'd say that was a reasonable telephone call on the part of the gas station attendant.
November 1 -- Swiss banks vindicated. A four-year investigation has concluded that "[m]ost dormant Swiss bank accounts thought to have belonged to Holocaust survivors were opened by wealthy, non-Jewish people who then forgot about their money." Although officials at first assumed that a large share of the 10,000 older dormant accounts would turn out to be those of Nazi victims, only about 200 were, accounting for around $10 million. A public relations and litigation campaign led by American trial lawyers forced Swiss banks into a $1.5 billion settlement of claims that they withheld money from Holocaust victims' families. (Adam Sage and Roger Boyes, "Swiss Holocaust cash revealed to be myth", The Times (London), Oct. 13; see Aug. 29, 2000; May 31, 2000 (second item); Feb. 5, 2000 (second item); Aug. 25, 1999).
overlawyered.com is the source of the blurb, an interesting site
These are criminals. I don't know what kind of conclusions one can draw from the actions of criminals, except that they're criminals. I know I wouldn't want to be judged by the actions of clinton and gang, or how our system handled the lies and deceptions.