Prosecutor: Obama's election spark plug for Turnidge duo's deadly bombing act

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Source: Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A prosecutor says a father and son accused of setting a bomb in 2008 that killed two Oregon law enforcement officers acted because they feared that Barack Obama, newly elected as president, would restrict their right to bear arms.

Prosecutor Katie Suver said in opening statements Wednesday that Bruce and Joshua Turnidge harbored anti-government feelings and Obama's election was the catalyst for their decision to build the bomb and rob a bank in the Willamette Valley town Woodburn.

The December 2008 blast also maimed a third officer.

Suver said the father, Bruce Turnidge, had tried to create his own militia and had told others that the Oklahoma City federal building bombing was a good thing that would keep the government in check.


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[otohara]

1. Now Go To Jail

dummies.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. May they enjoy many, many years in prison where they can espouse their views.

[izquierdista]

3. How's that bearing arms working for you now, Bruce??

If I was the warden, I'd have his cell checked for guns every day.

[emulatorloo]

4. "Obama is going to take away your guns" "Obama is going to mandate circumcision"

"Obama is going to ban fishing" "Obama is going to require all cars to be white."

That's just the ones I remember off the top of my head.

At some point these people need to sober up,

[Kolesar]

5. "Wal*mart is running out of ammo because everybody is buying it before Obama outlaws ammo"

eom

[truthisfreedom]

6. Obama is going to send you to prison for being a douchebag.

[emulatorloo]

8. LOL - I forgot the "re-educations camps"

[Catshrink]

15. That's nuthin'

His wife is gonna make you eat vegetables instead of Doritos and french fries. That'd do it for me. Just sayin'.

[uberblonde]

7. But but but....

Human rights and anti-war activists are so much more dangerous!

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. I suppose now they'll want to be called "political prisoners" or "prisoners of conscience". n/m

[Doctor_J]

10. Some DUers agree with him

:shrug:

[Altoid_Cyclist]

11. And let's not forget that Richard Poplawski used that as his rationale

to kill the three Policemen in Pittsburgh.

That story was allowed to disappear far too quickly IMO. Had he been an Environmentalist or Peace Advocate I think that it would have stayed in the spotlight a lot longer.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Criminal idiots

Lock them up and throw away the key.

[intaglio]

13. So howcome they were not tried as terrorists? n/t

[lastone]

14. today there is - - -

blood on the hands of every right wing fuckjob who's spewed this garbage, and it is the blood of a police officer! where is the righteous outrage by our media - if just one time someone would have joked about merely slapping the shit out of w or his evil master cheney the media would have descended like buzzards. then take into the logic of these two idiots, bomb a bank to protest the fear of having your gun rights taken away? it goes to show how little propaganda the least educated/intelligent people can justify their actions on.

this is on you beck
this is on you oriley
this is on you rush
this is on you hannity
this is on you malkin
this is on you coulter
this is on you larson
this is on you fox news
this is on you murdoch

your all assholes and i wish you nothing but the worst!