Is beating someone with a torque wrench legal?

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There are only a few people in the world I trust to let turn a wrench on my car. Today someone not in that select crowd did so when I went to answer a phone call. The result? An F'd up intake bolt hole in my aluminum head. So, is beating someone to death with a torque wrench really illegal given this situation?

 

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Well, if you lived on this side of the mighty Colorado River (yard wide and a foot deep); I'd say you'll get off free and clear Unfortunately you don't so you'd probably be screwed

See, here in Arizona, a torque wrench is a tool not a "deadly weapon"; while, over there, anything not made of "environmentally safe polyurethane foam rubber" (is there such a thing???) is probably already classified as a deadly weapon and must be registered Also, in Arizona you could claim you were acting in defense of "immediate family members or loved ones"; and a good shyster lawyer could get your Stang classified as such! In The People's Republic of Czechoslofornia however, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the concept of "Traditional Family" un-Constitutional; so you'd be looking at yet another chargeable offense!

Sorry, man, it's what you get for living in a socialist state on the Left Coast.

 

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if you were in texas you could try to make the case that the guy just needed killing as that is still a legitimate defense in texas.

 

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Twinkie defense?

 

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OK, so if I take him on a road trip I might get away with it. I start loading up on twinkies while driving through Ca, as I cross into Az I start wailing away like a game of wack-a-mole, then when I get to Tx I finish the job. Sounds like a plan. I will be thinking of the details while I pull the head to do the repair

 

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Probably so in California. Ask OJ.

 

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Just thank God he didn't scratch your primer with his belt buckle.

 

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Ozsum2 said:

Probably so in California. Ask OJ.

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I'll add slightly non fitting gloves to the list of things to pack.

 

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Pakrat said:

Just thank God he didn't scratch your primer with his belt buckle.

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OUCH! Hit a man when he's down You wanna kick my dog too?

Actually, I had my fender covers on

 

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Is it legal?

Well, in the movie that was God's gift to the car world, The Fast and the Furious, Toretto beat a guy with a torque wrench. Remember?

Now, he was a Mopar guy, but i still think the rules still apply here.

Look at all the trouble that got him into. Turned his life upside down. If fact, i think thats what turned him into a ricer. Do you really want to end up like that? Do you?

 

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65shlbycln said:

Is it legal?

Well, in the movie that was God's gift to the car world, The Fast and the Furious, Toretto beat a guy with a torque wrench. Remember?

Now, he was a Mopar guy, but i still think the rules still apply here.

Look at all the trouble that got him into. Turned his life upside down. If fact, i think thats what turned him into a ricer. Do you really want to end up like that? Do you?

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Yea, but was he in California, home of the if you have enough money or a good enough story, anything goes?

 

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65shlbycln said:

Is it legal?

Well, in the movie that was God's gift to the car world, The Fast and the Furious, Toretto beat a guy with a torque wrench. Remember?

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Thankfully NO! I never saw that cinematic masterpiece

65shlbycln said:

Now, he was a Mopar guy, but i still think the rules still apply here.

Look at all the trouble that got him into. Turned his life upside down. If fact, i think thats what turned him into a ricer. Do you really want to end up like that? Do you?

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I AM a mopar guy!!! (Dodge truck, Cuda, Charger)

 

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gp001 said:

OK, so if I take him on a road trip I might get away with it. I start loading up on twinkies while driving through Ca, as I cross into Az I start wailing away like a game of wack-a-mole, then when I get to Tx I finish the job. Sounds like a plan. I will be thinking of the details while I pull the head to do the repair

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Now you're thinkin' like a man with a plan to accomplish something!

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I AM a mopar guy!!! (Dodge truck, Cuda, Charger)

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You drive the kind of truck my wife drives??? What will the Sheeple say?





Just kiddin'......someday the Rice-Eating Generic Chevy Truck is gonna get replaced with a little bit bigger truck packin' a Cummins under the hood

 

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How about you just bring him down here and he accidentally falls into the water behind the safe line for one of the carriers? I believe the patrol boats have 50 cals on them. He would have enough holes put in him that he would never float.



Just a thought.

 

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Bring Him out here to the High Desert,
I need some good Coyote Bait.
After they get thru picking the Carcus clean there won't be
enough left to Identify.

PB

Ps. you need a sign, Touch My Car = YOU DIE!

 

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Myself I would just have him look at some thing on the engine and as he is bent over.Bamm I would just slam the hood down on his head. Call the ambulance when they show up tell them he was working on the car and the hood just came crashing down. Then give them the old story you know how these old cars are.

 

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pabear89 said:

Bring Him out here to the High Desert,
I need some good Coyote Bait.
After they get thru picking the Carcus clean there won't be
enough left to Identify.

PB

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You've still got coyotes?????????
The snakes and scorpions ran all ours off. Oh yeah, just thought of something.......after the carcass is picked clean, just plant it in one of our Low Desert ant hills. After a week or so there wouldn't be enough bone marrow for David Caruso's CSI babes to pull DNA.

Ooops, just got distracted - the blonde "gun girl" on CSI-Miami

 

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Just beat the hell out of him...then steal his money to replace the whole cylinder head.

 

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Use the 'If the bolt don't fit, you must acquit' defense!

 

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a wiseguy once told me: "anything is legal as long as you dont get caught"