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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 09:33 AM Jul 2014

Ammosexual Larry Pratt Doubles Down On Telling Congresswoman She Should Fear Being Shot

Prominent gun lobbyist Larry Pratt is doubling down on his insistence that members of Congress should have a “healthy fear” of being shot, lecturing a congresswoman who felt threatened by one of his group’s members that she just doesn’t understand the Constitution.

Right Wing Watch first reported Pratt’s comments in a March interview with radio host Bill Cunningham. Pratt, the executive director of Gun Owners of America, told Cunningham that a member of his group had spoken to a congresswoman who told him, “you want to shoot me, don’t you.”

“Well, that’s probably a healthy fear for them to have,” Pratt said. “You know, I’m kind of glad that’s in the back of their minds. Hopefully they’ll behave.”

Listen to this NRA ammosexual shill here: https://www.freespeech.org/text/larry-pratt-doubles-down-telling-congresswoman-she-should-fear-being-shot

Another moronic gun nut, fueled by hate and fear, and scaring others into believing that everybody needs guns, regardless of mental state.

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lunasun

(21,646 posts)
1. Not just nuts -take seriously as one has already been shot in AZ
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 09:37 AM
Jul 2014

These folks are dangerous and giving their members the OK on violence!

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
2. Now, is he GOA or NRA, or do "they all look the same?"
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 09:52 AM
Jul 2014

If you are going to single out some implied physical threat by an individual, at least get the organization correct; all that "right wing watching" should be based on some semblance of accuracy. I mean, you have to keep the object of your deep-seated hatreds ("ammosexual&quot accurately identified. Otherwise, some folks might get the idea that you think all gun-owners look the same, and should be treated the same .

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
5. He said something upsetting and he's pro-2A so naturally anyone pro-2A supports him just like
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 10:05 AM
Jul 2014

all Iraq protesters supported Saddam Hussein.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
4. His statement this is a healthy fear for them to have constitutes a threat....
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 10:04 AM
Jul 2014

Last time I checked a threat of injury or death to anyone was a crime. There are specific heightened charges that can be brought for threatening the life of elected officials such as Congressmen and Senators and other government officials such as members of the Executive Branch and Judges.

I see his statement as a threat and suggests that he condones the threat of violence to get his way.

This is what we must root out in this country. We cannot have vigilantes controlling our ordered society. These people must be tried, convicted and locked up for good with no possibility of parole. I realize that this will only drive the rest of the gun nuts crazier but something has to be done.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
7. I believe the poster was clear what rooting out meant: "tried, convicted and locked up"
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 10:35 AM
Jul 2014

Your attempt at a gotcha is a fail.

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
9. It's what he SAID. It doesn't require explaining a meaning.
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 10:47 AM
Jul 2014

Oh I see. I've stumbled into the Gun group. At first I wondered why you would be doubtful of what somebody meant even when their words are pretty clear (to an outsider). You all are at each other's throats ready to pounce. Sorry I interrupted. Carry on.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
10. Really? Because verbal assault never carries a sentence of life without possibility of parole.
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 12:09 PM
Jul 2014

It sounds more like a threat against The Disfavored Other.

I guess we should lock this guy away --

"When the people fear government there is tyranny. When the government fears the people there is liberty."

 

Demit

(11,238 posts)
12. Oh FFS. I'm sorry I stumbled into this nest of vipers.
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 01:32 PM
Jul 2014

You people all deserve one another. Please, continue on with the next thing you can't wait to take offense at. I'm sure somebody here will supply it.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
11. Please keep up the good work with the insults, you're helping our side, not that we need it.
Wed Jul 30, 2014, 01:22 PM
Jul 2014

With your clever word play.

You must be very very proud.

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