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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off.

Brian Lovell, an associate district judge in Garfield County, Oklahoma, was arrested Sept. 11 on a misdemeanor count of reckless driving. A felony count of engaging in deadly conduct with a firearm was forwarded to a grand jury for consideration.

Lovell was released on $10,000 bond and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

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[-] BeMoreCareful@lemdro.id 70 points 11 months ago

Oh, he got cut off.

In that case shooting up some cars and ramming another seems pretty ok. I mean, what else are you going to do?

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 35 points 11 months ago

Such a perfect example of a responsible gun owner.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 21 points 11 months ago

Hey! Guns don't kill people! Judges kill... Cars?

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago
[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Oh fuck! That took me a moment! Oh damn! OH DAMN! That a hard fucking truth!!!!

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago

Ig someone should have shot him by their logic.

[-] Afrazzle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 months ago

Driving in the states must be nerve wracking knowing there's a good chance any given car on the road is armed.

[-] max@feddit.nl -3 points 11 months ago

And that there are no proper driving lessons or exams like in some European countries.

[-] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

some European countries.

Wait wait wait. Are you saying that some, as in more than one, Euro county doesn't have a licensing exam? Iirc, Texas is the only state without one over here and they're notably worse drivers than everyone else I encounter.

[-] tuwwut@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Wait what? Texas definitely has both a written exam and a driving test. Is it more extensive in other states or something?

Eta: Texas doesn't require you to take a driver's ed course if you're over 18 years old, but you still have to pass both the written exam and driving test. Maybe that's what you were remembering?

[-] max@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Not sure about that, specifically. I do know that some countries (e.g., The Netherlands) have way stricter exams than for instance Hungary.

[-] braxy29@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

unless something has changed, there's an initial licensing exam in Texas.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

The sad truth of it is, because of the way our, that is to say America's, cities and infrastructure are all laid out, it's almost impossible to live in this country without a car. Consequently, they'll give a driver's license to damn near anybody who can operate the pedals, regardless of the State. Passing the eye exam is usually more important than the driving or written ones.

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I got cut off in my F150 once last week, and afterwards I was consumed by an overwhelming feeling of indifference, after which I drove the rest of the way home.

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee -1 points 11 months ago

Just legal gun owner things.

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