That ***hole grimm had a weapon, NOT at the SOTU,

[elleng]

'only moved it from ankle holster to waistband???'




EDIT: Heard on Ed Show, rerun of incident and 'explanation' by grimm.

Discussed below, in #8, by A-Schwarzenegger

[A-Schwarzenegger]

1. WHAT?

[dhill926]

2. WTF?!?

You would think they would screen....holy shit...

[elleng]

7. DAMN RIGHT!!!

Just heard on Ed Show, rerun of the incident or a later 'explanation' by him.

[okaawhatever]

3. He's a former FBI agent and I think he's one of those guys who joined so he could have power over

others. He seems like a disturbed individual who doesn't have control over his temper.

[magical thyme]

4. link??? nt

[Whisp]

5. what do you mean, elleng?

[hrmjustin]

6. My congressman had a gun at the SOTU?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

8. HERE's a LINK... (Not at the SOTU)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ny-congressman-threatens-reporter-capitol-22278550

In 2000, a New York City police officer filed a lawsuit against Grimm over an incident a year earlier at a nightclub in Queens. Gordon Williams, who was moonlighting as a club bouncer, said Grimm had gotten into a fight, then returned at 2:30 a.m. carrying a gun and "carrying on like a madman."

"He's screaming, 'I'm gonna ... kill him,'" Williams told writer Evan Ratliff for a 2011 New Yorker article. "So I said to him, 'Who are you?' He put the gun back in his waist and said, 'I'm a ... F.B.I. agent, ain't nobody gonna threaten me.'"

[elleng]

11. Thanks, Arnold!

[A-Schwarzenegger]

14. He's just a "passionate" man.

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"My constituents know I'm extremely passionate."

[elleng]

15. Right, nothing like passion

along with a revolver.

[bullwinkle428]

37. Look what passion + a revolver + some guy texting led to in a movie theater.

[elleng]

38. Right.

[uppityperson]

22. Would you be so kind as to edit your OP so it doesn't say At the STOU? Thanks

[elleng]

24. Yes. Thanks

[uppityperson]

29. Thank you. he is still an asshole with a history of assholedom it looks like

[Rex]

17. Okay this Grimm guy sounds like a sociopath.

Thank you for the link, it gives me a lot more information on this guy...wow I would NOT want him around, he sounds like the textbook crooked cop!

[Cha]

33. Looks like it's in his dna. "I will break you in half"..

Really?

[lpbk2713]

9. So that's where his bravado came from.

If he didn't have that pop gun he would have thought
twice about threatening a smaller guy like he did.

[erpowers]

26. Smaller Guy

No, it was not the gun. Someone in another post stated the gun incident was at a New York Club. In addition, I believe guns are not allowed inside the Capitol. From the time I first learned about this story I have felt Rep. Grimm was a bully who only confronted the reporter because he looked young and geeky. I thought Grimm would never have done such a thing to either Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News), or Bill O' Rielly (6ft. 5in.)

Supposedly, a few years ago Grimm was at a club and got into an altercation with someone. He left the club and then came back with a gun, screaming that he was going to kill the other guy. I do not think Grimm really wanted to kill the other guy. He seems to be one of those guy's people used to joke about. The guys who claimed they wanted to fight someone, but clutched their friend(s) saying hold me back, hold me back, I'll kick his butt, hold me back.

[Rex]

10. Wait a minute...where did you hear that?

Sounds like the SS might want to interview him to see as to why the firearm movement during the SOTU?

[elleng]

12. On Ed Show,

but context confusing. A-Schwarzenegger reply, #8, may shed some light,

[Rex]

13. Okay...wow...I wouldn't put anything past some of these radical extremists.

Grimm sounds like he has a few screws loose, it frightens me to think he is somebodies rep!

[elleng]

18. LOTS of 'somebodies!'

The current size of 435 seats means one member represents on average about 709,760 people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment

[CTyankee]

16. does this mean that members of congress do not have to pass thru a security check before entering

the chamber for SOTU? I thought everybody did...(sorry, I came into this discussion late...)

[elleng]

19. Confusing, yank.

See A-Schwarzenegger's reply #8.

[Rex]

20. The story of him moving his firearm if from something prior - not this year.

However, judging from his past behavior I would be nervous to have him around the POTUS. He sounds like a loose cannon just waiting to go off!

[edhopper]

21. This is why the rest of New York City

thinks Staten Island doesn't belong. Should have let NJ have it.

[elleng]

27. RIGHT!!!

[hrmjustin]

30. Staten Island has been becoming less republican in nature then it used to be.

[edhopper]

31. As long as they elect assholes like this

that's like being a little less pregnant.

[hrmjustin]

32. next election we will likely be rid of him.

[edhopper]

34. One hopes.

at least the Pizza is good there.

[hrmjustin]

35. Yes it is.

[tridim]

23. I think the GOP just found its new frontrunner!

[spanone]

25. they allow guns ?????

[elleng]

28. Probably not,.

edited OP, and see #8 reply.

[yellowcanine]

36. This should be deleted entirely. Rumor mongering at its worst.

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Even with the disclaimer it still is inappropriate. The worst kind of rumor mongering is to make an outrageous statement as fact and then add a "no it's not" disclaimer later - puts the "fact" out there and generates lots of discussion - some people are still going to believe the rumor.