T J Lane appears in Geauga Probate Court - facing the legislator who sponsored the guns-in-bars bill

[Kolesar]

As State Senator and State Rep, Timothy Grendell was always a reliable vote for the further arming of Ohio's public space. He sponsored a bill to overrule city regulations against firearms. As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he introduced the bill to allow the public to carry firearms into drinking establishments.

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4812084

He resigned from the legislature to become Geauga probate judge. Yesterday, he held court for Lane's hearing. Lane drew the best judge he could have hoped for. I wonder if Grendell had any deep thoughts about our heavily armed society that he enabled?

“This is not about bullying, this is not about drugs,” said David P. Joyce, the Geauga County prosecutor. “This was an effect of one lone gunman. He chose his victims at random.”

Mr. Lane appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday, wincing as the prosecutors read the accusations against him. Dressed in a crisp khaki-colored shirt and dark low-slung pants with a thick belt, he sat in a wooden chair with his back straight, speaking in barely audible tones to the judge, Timothy J. Grendell, in Geauga County Juvenile Court. His face crumpled briefly into tears as he was led away, and he appeared to whisper the words “I am so sorry” to two aunts and his grandfather, Jack Nolan, who is also his legal guardian.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/us/ohio-school-shooting-suspect-confesses-prosecutor-says.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

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1. Sorry doesn't cut it, kid

Playing Rambo in real life isn't as much fun as it looks on paper, is it?

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2. If the students had been armed, they could have

protected themselves.