Posted on 01/08/2010 8:51:49 AM PST by Sasparilla
North Carolina Democrat State Senator R.C. Soles, Jr. has been indicted on a felony firearms charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury. Soles is the State’s longest serving legislature member. The 74 year old Democrat could serve up to two years in prison if convicted.
He is accused of shooting Thomas Blackburn, a 22 year old Raleigh resident, in the leg last August. Soles has characterized the shooting as self defense. The local District Attorney removed himself from the case because of close personal ties with Soles. The Attorney General will handle the case.
Soles decided not to run for re-election because of the case making re-election more difficult.
The shooting is the latest in many confrontations between Soles and young men who used to be his former....
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Hmmmm..
I predict some democrats have recently found out they are FOR gun rights and the right to self-defense.
Which, when translated from "politician" into English, means he almost certainly had some form of improper relationship with the young men.
It has been rumored for at least 25 years that Soles is gay and he has been involved in some pretty fishy stuff sexually and otherwise. There must be more going on here than we are seeing in the newspapers. Under NC law, I have every right to use deadly force to prevent someone from breaking into my house. My bet is that as this unfolds, we will see that Soles was up to more than defending his home.
I wonder how many times Soles voter for restricting gun rights.
No more voting by this guy in his state’s senate, right?
He can share a cell with a former high-profile Democrat state speaker of the house, or wait and share his cell with a former Democrat governor. What to do....
If this guy was a Pubbie, like, I don't know, Larry Craig maybe, the MSM would have had scores of "journalists" scouring the bushes for any hint of homosexual impropriety. For the last 20 years, every innuendo and suspicious liaison would have been thoroughly vetted.
Since the purported homosexual is named Studds, or Frank, or Soles, the whole sordid pederast and catamount affair is swept under the fish wrap and the hoi poloi are told that everything is ok, traditional, patriotic, and for the public good.
North Carolina Grass Roots pro gun group has been giving him ratings in the mid 60’s.
The NRA has been giving him “A”s and “B+”
In February, 2010 he pled to a reduced charge of misdemeanor assault and walked away with only a $1,000 fine.
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Shortly before the shooting he was accused of fondling a man when the man was 15 and paying him money to keep the crime quiet.
Man accuses state senator of fondling him
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