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shenmue
(38,537 posts)1. Er, no
I think the Secret Service may want a word with you.
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billh58
(6,641 posts)3. It gets better...
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/larry-pratt-accuses-congresswoman-he-threatened-hissy-fit-youre-nuts-lady-shut
Larry Pratt Accuses Congresswoman He Threatened Of 'Hissy Fit': 'You're Nuts, Lady, Shut Up'
Back in March, Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, gave a radio interview in which he told the story of one of his groups members threatening a member of Congress, which Pratt thought was just fine because the fear of being shot is probably a healthy fear for elected officials to have. A few months later, the exchange made it into a Rolling Stone profile of Pratt and caught the eye of Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who it turns out was the threatened congresswoman in question, and who immediately notified the Capitol Police.
Pratts group reacted to this news by calling Rep. Maloney foolish and claiming that she just didnt understand key historical documents. And since then, Pratt has repeatedly doubled down on his comments, saying that elected officials should live in constant trepidation of citizens turning to the cartridge box, arguing that politicians fearing for their lives is what the Second Amendment is all about, and hoping for an increase in politicians dispatched while trying to avoid metal jackets.
Larry Pratt Accuses Congresswoman He Threatened Of 'Hissy Fit': 'You're Nuts, Lady, Shut Up'
Back in March, Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, gave a radio interview in which he told the story of one of his groups members threatening a member of Congress, which Pratt thought was just fine because the fear of being shot is probably a healthy fear for elected officials to have. A few months later, the exchange made it into a Rolling Stone profile of Pratt and caught the eye of Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who it turns out was the threatened congresswoman in question, and who immediately notified the Capitol Police.
Pratts group reacted to this news by calling Rep. Maloney foolish and claiming that she just didnt understand key historical documents. And since then, Pratt has repeatedly doubled down on his comments, saying that elected officials should live in constant trepidation of citizens turning to the cartridge box, arguing that politicians fearing for their lives is what the Second Amendment is all about, and hoping for an increase in politicians dispatched while trying to avoid metal jackets.
Pillars of the "reasponsible gun owners" community.
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shenmue
(38,537 posts)4. Oh good Lord
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DetlefK
(16,459 posts)2. "For constant fear of assassination being necessary to the security of a free state, ..."
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Historic NY
(37,885 posts)5. They want to turn this country into a Banana Republic...
where every week a politician they don't agree with is killed. I can hear the founding fathers cringing.
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