Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt cited the case of Bradley Verstraete as one example of the need for such measures. Verstraete was accused of raising an ax handle against police officers responding to a disturbance call in 2015. Police shot and wounded him.
Verstraete was sentenced in February to 8½ years in prison for attempted murder.
What? Raising an axe with a blade is attempted murder.
Raising an axe handle is merely assault, and a Republican icon.
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