“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 4
This little story has been simmering for about a week. Now the D. A. has triggered charges (emphasis added):
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Groh, 52, was fatally shot in the chest with a high-powered rifle in a Richland Township creek bed along property Manilla owned. It is illegal to hunt with such a long-range gun in Bucks County, where only shotguns, muzzle-loaders, and bows are allowed because of the county’s population density.
Too many folks disengage their brains when they release the safeties on their firearms.
December 17, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Mr. Manilla is the nephew of former Montgomery County D.A. Michael Marino. Mr. Marino was actually on the hunting trip with Manilla when he shot Mr. Groh. Although Marino is not a suspect in the shooting, he like Manilla has a history of physically confronting people, sometimes while wielding a gun.
December 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm
So, was it nature or nurture?
December 18, 2010 at 11:25 am
Manilla’s also got a felony conviction from some years ago, I heard on the radio. Either a gun license or a law license is too hard to get in Pennsylvania.
March 28, 2011 at 10:09 am
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