I think about the millions of bowling balls in the this country & the nations refusal to address a growing problem with them. IMHO anyone wishing to use these instruments of destruction should undergo stringent background checks. We as a country can no longer tolerate the mayhem. Other nations are not bothered with this, why should we be?

Call your Congressperson & Senator. Demand all bowling balls be registered & balls in the possession of the unwashed be confiscated at once & destroyed. And let the recycled balls be used to build memorials to those who have fallen to their miss use. America's had enough. How many more skulls must be cracked? How long must the slaughter go on? It's time to stand up against the powerful bowling ball lobby & say enough is enough.

By Cody Neff

REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER

A Beckley man is in jail after he allegedly beat a man in the head with a bowling ball, fracturing his skull.

Logan Thomas Gentry, 32, was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempted first-degree murder and malicious assault, according to a criminal complaint filed in Raleigh County Magistrate Court.

Beckley Police responded Dec. 9 to an assault at Leisure Lanes in Beckley, but by the time they arrived, the victim was already on his way to the hospital, the complaint said.

Police found Gentry standing in front of the business and recognized him as a client of a firm that provides services for people with disabilities, the complaint said. His caregiver told them Gentry was upset because someone was playing a video game that he wanted to play.

As Gentry was leaving the bowling center, the victim — who was not the person playing the video game — was coming up the steps. Police said Gentry picked up a bowling ball and allegedly smashed the victim in the head, causing him to fall down the steps and knocking him unconscious.

Hospital staff told police that the victim had a fractured skull, but he has since been released from the hospital.

According to the complaint, the caregiver said that Gentry’s condition causes him to show his anger at an uninvolved party, not the person who has upset him.

Gentry is in Southern Regional Jail at this time on $250,000 bond.

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