We Need Circular Saw Control

It's clear that we can no longer allow just anybody to own a circular saw:

An Orange County man cut off his mother's head with a circular saw and then died after trying to decapitate himself, authorities said.

Police answered a 911 report of a family dispute at a Pinehurst Avenue home just after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, entered a locked bedroom and found the body of 60-year-old Guadalupe Ruiz on a bed, police spokeswoman Cindy Knapp said.

Arthur Ruiz Jr., 32, was on another bed with the saw nearby. He had died of neck injuries, police said.

It was unclear why Ruiz attacked his mother, police said.

A child and three other adults were in the three-bedroom home when police arrived. Several families rented rooms in the home, Knapp said.

Orange County residents are creative, if nothing else. I suggest background checks, licensing, training, and mandatory waiting periods for future circular saw purchases. And you can't buy more than one every three months. People don't decapitate people, circular saws do.

Note the last paragraph - many neighborhoods in Orange County are finding multiple families in rental homes, not to mention 5 or 6 cars in the driveway or on the streets. It may have nothing to do with the crime, but this is not an uncommon living arrangement in high priced neighborhoods.