Northfield man possession of a machine gun

[ZeeC]

11/24/15

Intelligence has its limits. Stupidity hasn't found its bounds yet.

[mrp]

http://www.southernminn.com/northfield_ ... da88a.html

>2 years probation for man convicted of unlawful machine gun possession

>after almost two years of hearings and trials in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, which included psychological evaluations conducted on Lasley, Judge Michael Davis sentenced the defendant to 24 months probation.

>In February, another sentencing hearing was held, and Judge Davis called for a new psychological evaluation to be conducted and to have it filed within the next 60 days, according to the hearing report. The second evaluation, he said, should include the defendant’s fascination with guns and knives.

[Ghost]

Evaluation into his fascination with guns and knives. What an icky individual.

[Rip Van Winkle]

Fear of weapons is a sign of sexual immaturity - Sigmund Freud

[unfitmother]

I'd never heard that quote from Freud before. A quick search indicates that it is misattributed to him.



From "Guns, Murders, and the Constitution" (February 1990):

In these other passages Freud associates retarded sexual and emotional development not with gun ownership, but with fear and loathing of weapons.

One passage Kates was referring to was this:

The representation of the penis as a weapon, cutting knife, dagger etc., is familiar to us from the anxiety dreams of abstinent women in particular and also lies at the root of numerous phobias in neurotic people.

More details: http://freudquotes.blogspot.com/2015/12/where-did-freud-say-fear-of-weapons-is.html