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demmiblue

(36,849 posts) Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:17 PM Jan 2013

Congressman Receives Threats From Gun Advocates Warning Him To ‘Watch His Back’

Source: Think Progress

Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN), gun safety advocate who represents “real gun country,” told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Saturday that his office is receiving anonymous threats, warning the Congressman to watch his back.

“I have never, ever in all my life feared for my security, and I’m not fearful of it now,” Nolan began. “But I’m a little more [fearful] than I ever had been before. We’ve been getting a lot of not very thinly veiled threats and calls into my office. You know, things like, ‘you tell Nolan he better watch his back’”:

NOLAN: Nobody has actually come out and said they’re gunning for me, but the messages are quite angry, vitriolic, and a little bit frightening to people at my front desk who have been taking the calls. I’m a little nervous about it. I’ve never been nervous before. [The NRA] are very toxic in the effect they’re having on the American public.

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Congressman Receives Threats From Gun Advocates Warning Him To ‘Watch His Back’ (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2013 OP

The more excuses we have to throw those on the extreme right in prison, the better... Comrade_McKenzie Jan 2013 #1

Can they trace the calls? tblue Jan 2013 #2

Which is exactly why we need gun control. If owning a big gun is your only claim to manhood and appleannie1 Jan 2013 #3

So the Posse is threatening Wellstone ruled Jan 2013 #4

Comrade_McKenzie

(2,526 posts)

1. The more excuses we have to throw those on the extreme right in prison, the better...

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:19 PM

Jan 2013

I worry a lot about the next McVeigh emerging from all of this.

And I hope an iron fist comes down on all of them if we have to go through something like that again.

tblue

(16,350 posts)

2. Can they trace the calls?

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:39 PM

Jan 2013

I wish they would. Poor guy. The cockroaches have come out of the floorboards. They are just plain evil.

appleannie1

(5,067 posts)

3. Which is exactly why we need gun control. If owning a big gun is your only claim to manhood and

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 01:39 PM

Jan 2013

power, you should not be allowed to own a gun.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. So the Posse is threatening

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Sat Jan 19, 2013, 02:39 PM

Jan 2013

Congressman Nolan,nothing new from that bunch. Some of Minny's finest upstanding Kluckers raising their heads out of their hiddy holes. Yes,Minny is progressive,but,it does have it's Idiot Fringe,especially in Bachnman's district. Hang in there Rick,most of your district will cover your back,just got to be worried about Anoka and Isanti Counties,home of the crazies.

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