What gets me is the the FBI threatened to arrest the intended named victim if he attended the tea party.
(story linked to in post #13)
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I think I can understand that. If you attend a large gathering, knowing that someone has threatened to shoot you there, you're taking a chance that you and perhaps a number of others will be killed.
I won't quibble with your right to play John Wayne and look a threat in the eye, but doing it while standing in a crowd isn't a great idea.