He’s not too bright, IMHO.
great graphic
You know how everbody is saying, “Jeez, somebody should have done something about the shooter”?
Well, this is one of those things that somebody does about wackos who make threats.
So, what the ‘Authorities’ are saying, in effect, is that you can have *either* the First Amendment, *or* the Second - but not both.....
This guy is an idiot.
What this guy did was STUPID.
and the media will make him an example for gun control.
Yet a Leftie that makes a DIRECT threat to a political citizen is given the full support of that very same media.
Don’t look for a lot of sympathy for this idiot.
I’m a believer in ‘Due Process’. If I am missing some of the facts, please correct me - my work’s firewall is blocking the entire article.
If a threat was made by this person, then prosecute. Intimadation by removing a Gun License, WITHOUT due process is a method preferred by tyrants and dictators; and should never be tolerated.
If I were in charge, my response would be swift and immediate. First off, the person who stripped this individual of his Gun License needs to have this job stripped from him. He is unworthy of the power he holds - for he raped justice by arbitrarily stepping in and violating a citizen’s most basic rights - without presenting the citizen an opportunity to defend himself. This person, by his own actions - violated the santity of the office he holds.
Then, if the citizen is indeed making threats - he can have his day in court too.
Complete stupidity to make a comment like that!
He’s a moron, and worthy of investigation. This isn’t some stupid crosshair graphic or oversensitivity. “Free speech” does not typically include actual threats of violence against anyone, public officials included.
Words mean things. This is worthy of law enforcement attention.
SnakeDoc
"It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.”.
“has prompted Arlington police to temporarily suspend the firearms license of an Arlington man.”
What the government gives the government can take away.
It is not a good idea for a sane person to yell “Fire” in a crowded theater.
Nor is it a good idea for a sane person to imply bumping off 534 members of Congress.
Blogging and alcohol don’t mix.
/sarc.
Ahh, remember the good old days when Libs were in favor of the Constitution?
What he said was very stupid.
Some of those 534 others and their staff are good people. Of course, we could get along just fine without many of the rest of them, too.
Just sayin’....
He should be investigated, which would be due process.
Suspending a license w/o that is not due process.
Consider this: if had not blogged it, where he could be identified through computer records, but spoke it and a cop overheard, would he be subject to arrest?
To identify him and determine he has a license, he’d need to be detained and asked for ID at a minimum.
Put another way, is saying something like this in the general public as bad as joking about bombs in an airport?
This is EXACTLY why the 1st and 2nd Amendments exist. Too bad we are no longer in a Constitutional Republic. Or at least, some states no longer have a republican form of government that respects the US Constitution.