A woman testifying at a hearing in Lumpkin County, GA to determine whether a restraining order should be issued against a deputy she had accused of rape and assault with a handgun. wasn’t being very cooperative, possibly because she was having second thoughts about pursuing the charges. So, the judge pulls his pistol out from under his robe, offers it to her and says, “You might as well shoot your lawyer.”
The judge has since decided to step down from the bench. Here’s the story.
I mean, you just can’t make this stuff up!
Ah, but at least in the end there is some judicial integrity in Georgia. The judge stepped down under the appearance of a cloud. Meanwhile the US District Court judge in Montana who e-mailled a monkey sex joke at the President’s expense continues in office for life. Because, you know, he can.
Suh, (or ma’am, as the case may be), it’s a simple matter of Southern chivalry to offer the use of one’s concealed handgun to damsels in distress.