Spitting, Stalking, Rape Threats: How Gun Extremists Target Women

[DonViejo]

Welcome to the dark side of America's war over guns.

—By Mark Follman | Thu May 15, 2014 6:00 AM EDT

AS JENNIFER LONGDON STEERED her wheelchair through the Indianapolis airport on April 25, she thought the roughest part of her trip was over. Earlier that day she'd participated in an emotional press conference with the new group Everytown for Gun Safety, against the backdrop of the National Rifle Association's annual meeting. A mom, gun owner, and Second Amendment supporter, Longdon was paralyzed in 2004 after being shot in her car by unknown assailants, and has since been a vocal advocate for comprehensive background checks and other gun reforms.

As Longdon sat waiting for her flight, a screen in the concourse showed footage of the press conference. A tall, thin man standing nearby stared at Longdon, then back at the screen. Then he walked up to Longdon and spat in her face. No one else blinked.

Longdon was shocked and embarrassed, she told me, but she didn't falter. "Wow, aren't you a big man," she said as he turned and walked away. Instead of calling for security, she wheeled herself to a restroom to clean herself off. She was tired—she lives with constant physical pain—and didn’t want to miss her flight.

"Should I have done something more? Quite honestly, in the scheme of things it was a little man and a little moment," she said. "He felt to me like a coward and a bully."

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[sheshe2]

1. What disgusting little perverts!!!

The Female Mannequin Firing Squad

Open Carry Texas takes pains to convey a clean, friendly image in the press. Last November, the group made national news after some 40 members armed with assault rifles showed up outside an Arlington, Texas, restaurant where four women from Moms Demand Action were having lunch. The group released a statement saying it was being misunderstood: "In reality, the peaceful gun owners were posing for a photo." After a rally outside Austin City Hall this April, Grisham told the Texas Tribune, "We're not out there to bait police officers or to scare the community. We wave, we smile, we hand out fliers. If we see someone who seems really nervous, we’ll talk to them."

What the group hasn't publicized are some of its members' more degrading antics. In March, a group of them held a "mad minute" at a firing range, pulverizing a female mannequin with a hail of bullets. They positioned the figure with her hands raised in surrender, naked from the waist up. Afterward, they posed with the bullet-riddled mannequin, her arms blown off and her pants down at her ankles. "Mad minute" is a military expression referring to a burst of rapid fire, and Open Carry Texas members have often referred to Moms Demand Action as "mad moms."

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-bullying-open-carry-women-moms-texas

For as much as it disgusts me, thanks for posting this Don.

[Demeter]

2. I'm surprised he didn't shoot her

Stand your ground, doncha know...

[ManiacJoe]

8. Airport security is not THAT bad.

[progressoid]

3. Rec

[albino65]

4. There has to be video footage of this

These people need to be publicized and shamed to the public. Post the prick on YouTube. Show the video in his kids' school. If these assholes actually suffered some public humiliation these incidents might stop.

[Ilsa]

5. I'll hope he loses his job. There are

Far more deserving people who are unemployed and need a break.

[Lee-Lee]

6. This should be easy to prosecute

Video footage will exist, and the concourse is a restricted area so only those who will be on flight manifests that day around that time could have been there.

Very easy case for the Indy police to prosecute.

I am pro-gun, but jerks like this need to be prosecuted and an assault charge should disqualify that jerk from owning guns once convicted.

Easy case to make. She needs to. In fact when you have the ability to ensure a person with violent tendencies like that can legally be prosecuted and prevented from owning guns it's almost immoral to not do it and leave them to harm the next person, maybe worse.

[sulphurdunn]

7. A gun with a long barrel

and a large capacity magazine doesn't really compensate for a short dick and a low IQ.

[Brigid]

9. This is exactly why I loathe and fear guns.

It's as if owning them sucks out every bit of humanity -- especially brains -- out of some people.

[bettyellen]

10. wow, they are even worse than the video gamers. disturbing to read.