‘1 Down 534 To Go’: Blogger’s Gun License Suspended After Threatening Post
- Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:00pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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A blogger from Arlington, Massachusetts has had his gun license temporarily suspended after he wrote a disturbing post regarding the Tucson shootings and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords titled, “1 Down 534 To Go.”
According to WBZ-TV, which reviewed the blog, the “1” refers to Giffords while the “534” refers to all members of Congress — both Democrat and Republican. The blog site was not operational at the time of this story’s publication.
“It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone,” 39-year-old Travis Corcoran — who owns a comic book store — reportedly wrote on the blog.
As a result, police are investigating the “suitability” of Corcoran having a firearms license. Currently, Corcoran has not been arrested or charged with a crime.
The story, however, has prompted a lively debate on WBZ’s website regarding the balance between free speech and protecting people from threats.
“Doesn’t that man have the freedom to speak?,“ writes commenter ”Kay.“ ”Was that right taken away from us? I may not agree with what he wrote but he has the right to voice his opinion.”
Commenter “kasser ”responded: “He absolutely do have the freedom of speech, up to the point where he is threatening with violence or suggesting violence. ‘Target only Politicians’ in my mind, fall perfectly under that criteria. The debate about Freedom of Speech for some always fail as some believe Freedom of Speech comes with the right to say anything you want. … Yeah – those gun permits comes with a little responsibility too.”
Matthew agrees: “I am very pro-gun. I am also for freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech does not mean you can say anything you want without consequences. What he did is close to a direct threat on someone’s life. Do you think you can just go downstairs in the morning, threaten your wife with her life, and then go buy a gun after she files charges against you?”
Yet Jake thinks it’s a slippery slope: “Ans [sic] ‘suggesting’ violence is a crime? How about implying violence? Or asking a rhetorical question about violence?”
It‘s a debate that’s likely to rage on. What do you think? Was a suspension and investigation warranted?
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Comments (153)
Whostolemypig
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:31pmYou haven’t seen anything yet. Law enforcement will be circumventing the 2nd amendment in Obama fashion, any way they can. You’ll see more permits pulled and more permits denied. The only thing that won’t be effected is guns in the hands of criminals. Obama has stated numerous times even before his election that the Constitution is not written in stone.
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:30pmWhile the comments were abhorable, there was NO DIRECT THREAT to any specific person.
He hasn’t been charged or arrested yet they confiscated his property without due process.
Speaks volumes about how WE THE PEOPLE have allowed our liberties to be unconstitutionally usurped.
Yet most of you continue to arrive at our airports and SUBMIT to nude scans or sexual assault patdowns before you can exercise your fundamental human right to travel.
Keep it up and soon there will not be a ‘land of the free’ anymore than there is currently a ‘home of the brave.”
Hey, just fact.
Report Post »LARR
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:28pmI’m not sure who “informed” on him. Only someone looking for it would take his comment as a direct threat to anyone. Sites are also showing reporter apologizing for even using the term “cross hair” in a discussion.
THIS IS NUTS…
Whats next?? Ban Shakespear’s King Henry VI because it contains the line “Let’s kill all the lawyers?” Ban video games? Ensure anyone that “raps” using words that imply violence can’t get a weapon? (actually that one might be oK!!)
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:35pmEveryone in public edumacation knows.
Shakespeare was a Tea Party member, a loyal follower of Sarah Palin,
Report Post »and a regular listener of Glenn Beck.
CONAN THE CONSERVATIVE
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:21pmDASH – Wow, I didn’t know that about Shakespeare. Learn sump’n new every day, egh?
Report Post »And what about that name, Shakespeare, any way? Shake-spear. Oh, violent rhetoric. I can see that connection now!
JJStryder
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:26pmI’m sure someone here has said this but I must reiterate . My gun license is in the bill of rights. Out of 27 Amendments it is number 2. #2! Do you think the founding fathers might have thought that one important? No one is responsible for your safety, health and property but you! Don’t let anyone tell you different!
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:25pmThere used to be a time , a loooong time ago , when an adult human could tell the differance between a “ crazzzzy ” man and a ” dumba$$ ” …. Oh how I long for those days…sigh
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:25pmWhat the heck is a gun license? I guess I forgot to apply…
Report Post »DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:25pmLaugh and the world laughs with you; fart and they stop laughing.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:23pmSo, suspending a license will prevent a person from carrying a gun? Good luck with that one.
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:22pmIt is better to place safe than sorry later. Law enforcement had to act because of the possibilities. Hats off to the officers for using preventative measures. =)
Report Post »Steven63
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:29pmPeventive measures should not include trampling your rights, should they?
Report Post »Diamondback
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:32pmOh no, no. Trampling someone else’s rights is perfectly ok. Just don’t trample his rights. See the difference?
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:43pmHi Steve,
I‘m not going to get into a overly heated debate over this because in the end we’ll get nowhere. I’m not even going to pretend to be inside this mans thought process either. I‘m stating that if something wasn’t done, the public would be up in arms as to why law enforcement knew of this mans words and didn’t act upon it. Maybe in the end we‘ll find out he wasn’t a threat after all and his license will be reinstated. I don’t know. I can’t predict the future, but in a case like this, something needed to be looked into further because of the implications. I still stand by my original assessment. Thanks.. gotta run. =)
Report Post »DMcPher316
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:55pmYou have a good point, they should look into this jackass. We don’t need people like him amking it easier for the government to take away more rights. However, this IS just the usual knee jerk actions after something like Az shootings. Maybe this guy gets off on the attention, I‘ don’t know, but who’s to say where it should stop? Do we add another regulation or law that says we need a note from the doctor saying we ain’t nuts? How much of an investigation do we really need before we are allowed to get a gun? Should the only thing a civilian can get be a single shot .22? I heard a good idae from AZ, why doesn’t the FBI get notified by local cops if someone has been arrested for drug use? maybe thay can put that in the instant check database and prevent someone like a loughtner getting a gun, after all he did lie on the fed form. Also is he going to be prosecuted for lying on the form like it says?
Report Post »JustMel71
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 4:02pmHi DMcPher316,
It does seem like it at times the government may be looking for any excuse to restrict or entirely take away a gun owner rights. I do support the 2nd amendment but I also think there comes personal responsibility and if you abuse that right you should lose it. This just might be a knee jerk reaction and if he proves he’s not a threat, I would think his license will be reinstated. He’ll now have to face, if any, consequences for the words he used. I think most gun owners do take personal responsibility and don’t put themselves in a situation like this guy did. Just my opinion tho.
Your questions: Do we add another regulation or law that says we need a note from the doctor saying we ain’t nuts? I live in NJ, which as you know is very strict on handgun license. I heard from someone that when they were applying for one and he was ex military, he had a very difficult time obtaining one because of the intense background check they do. I also heard you can get a shotgun license easier than a handgun license. I really don’t know because I never applied for either, but I thought they already checked your medical records to make sure you are not a nutter? I could be wrong because I’m not a gun owner. Anyway your last bit about the FBI checking into drug users isn’t so much the real problem. It’s not the end users who are usually shooting up a drug dealers joint if he/she doesn’t have the money to pay for their dope. It’s the actual drug cartel they need to investigate. In my opinion, tracking the end users might lead to more arrest of the street dealers selling the drug cartels stash, in turn, it might lead to the FBI closing in on the actual ringleaders. End users usually steal from family/friends and even strangers. Besides, if they ever did own a gun, they probably sold it to buy their dope at some point in time. Just with this story, we’ll have to see where it leads to. If he has a shady past or if he’s innocent except for his choice of words he used or even if we will hear more about it. I would think if he loses his license without having or had other incidents someone will come to his defense anyway. Take care. =)
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:21pmI find it interesting that everybody so far interprets this blogger’s comment as being implicit that a gun be used to do the shooting.
Soon the regulation talk will refer to crossbows, wrist-rockets, pea-shooters, and spit wads. Too bad this guy didn’t have a frisbee license.
Yes, I’m being sarcastic ~
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:27pmno more pillow fights…………
Report Post »Born In MA
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:12pmyou might be being sarcastic, but in MA, Cross bows, wrist-rockets (sling shots) are already illegal, not sure about pea shooters or spit wads, but give these jackwads time, they will be. Is it no wonder I want to move the hell out of here?
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Steven63
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20pmOne (1st Amendment) plus 2 (2nd Amendment) equals zero?
In other words if you exercise the 1st, you lose the 2nd, effectively not having either?
Everyone needs to understand what is at stake here. The arguement as presented is a strawman:
You shouldn’t say something that could elevate tensions or be taken as a threat or else you risk prosecution and the loss of your 2nd Amendment rights.
The real argument is losing two rights for exercising ONE of them. What if the person making the statement doesn’t own a gun? What is the cost then? Nothing?
So only 2nd Amendment proponents aren’t allowed to make statements like that and all others can?
Recognize this for what it is: an attack on the 2nd Amendment by using the 1st Amendment as a weapon against you. Nothing more.
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:30pmWill you be my BFF? lol
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:46pmRIGHT ON Steven63
Report Post »What do gun despising commie liberals lose when they call for the death of someone like Bush? Are they are untouchable just because they don’t own a gun? The Tuscon shooter was a nut for years and was allowed to ramble on freely without consequence or interefrence. Then one day he gets a gun just prior to the shootings. How does that become a 2nd ammendment issue and not a psych problem that needed to be looked into.
I’ll tell you why,…because the libs would cry like crazy if this nut was detained or interrogated because of his insane threatening rhetoric. The ACLU would file a federal civil rights suit and the media would make him a poster boy claiming the republicans, beck and palin are Nazis just like they did after Tuscon even though the republicans and conservative talk radio had nothing at all to do with it.
But let one of THEM shoot one of THEM and it’s go for ALL our guns.
middleclassprophet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:52pmIt’s amazing to me how people constantly talk about the “attack” on the 2nd amendment when our guns laws are about as lax as they’ve ever been.
Report Post »greg4fitness
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:04pmcome on man… who’s more dangerous a guy with a gun saying that stuff or one without? Common sense dude. I’m all for gun rights, I’m a hunter and have owned guns for my whole life. The argument about what does the person lose that doesn’t have a gun.. I guess he isn’t allowed to buy one.
Do you think Laughner should have had one? Why take his? Where do you draw the line. They should at least suspend this guys right to have one until they investigate him more and evaluate him. Then, give it back.
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:38am@ MIDDLECLASSPHONY,
Sorry but, the “Gun Laws” in this Socialist Police State, the United States of America, are not “LAX”.
Anyone having completed the eighth grade, can read the 2nd Amendment, and know without doubt, that ALL GUN LAWS are UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Anyone and everyone that Advocates, Enacts, or Enforces ANY GUN LAW commits TREASON and/or SEDITION against the U.S. Constitution and the people of this country.
Unless and until you Communists can get the Constituion Changed by the proscribed methods set forth in it, that’s the situation. No Government at any level has the authority to “Regulate” nor “Tax” nor “Permit” any Basic God Given Right, much less those “Reaffirmed” by the Bill of Rights. This bit of Truth will become very apparent to you folks in the near future.
This fellow’s CHL should not have been suspended/terminated/whatever, simply because he does not need any Government’s Permission nor License to “Keep and Bear Arms” such as he chooses. The whole CHL/Gun License nonesense was, is, and will continue to be nothing more than a “Back Door Registration” scam. If the Communists can’t register the guns, then they want to register as many Gun Owners as they can, and get the NRA to help them do it.
Report Post »NOBELSPORT
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:18pmWell..so much for that ever using that joke again…What do you call a car load of (insert proffesion here) that plunges to the bottom of the river? A good start.
Report Post »Whatever happened to “sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me”
This is way out of hand…..Our…at least my….way of life is damn near over. It really is sad
DashRipRock
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:17pmIm going to stick to fart jokes
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:21pmI dig your sense of humor , my friend!! lol
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:24pmCaution: Al Gore will talk to you about Gas emissions!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:11pmShooting children is never acceptable. But if you have to use a gun except to defend yourself and property. Then I think you are too stupid to have a gun. I think he was just spouting off thinking he couldn’t be found. I guess he was wrong.
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20pmDon’t forget us hunters!!
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:11pmIt was most definitely warranted. Idiots like that should not even own a gun.
Report Post »OHSAYCANYOUSEE
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:30pmMCP
You don’t own a gun and that makes one less idiot that is armed and dangerous.
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:38pm-OHSAYCANYOUSEE-
I’m sorry, have we ever met? I’m fairly certain you have absolutely no clue as to what I do or do not own. But I do know this, if shoot off a gun like you shoot off at the mouth, you must miss your target regularly.
Report Post »OHSAYCANYOUSEE
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:39pmThat would make you a Liberal Pioneer. You are one step ahead of the game!
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:09pmWhat an idiot. And yes, it was TOTALLY warranted.
Report Post »greg4fitness
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:09pmDefinitely was a stupid thing to say. I guess there may after all be consequences to being an *******.
Report Post »fertlmind
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:09pmThis was the wrong thing to write just because it’s wrong.
Report Post »but notice how they went right for the gun instead of this guy’s mind.
This is how Tuscon happened.
Check him out, interview him, check his history
has he been a nut in the past or is he just really pissed off and blowing off steam.
but instead, they jump in and crush his constitutional right to firearms
there is time for due process
gun control is not due process
sure things are tense
but let’s all use some common sense
if he’s a nut we have a responsibility to get him some help
if he’s just pissed,…we have a responsibility to respect his 1st and 2nd ammendment rights
jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:17pmBrilliant post Sir/ Maam!!!
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20pm“Not God Bless America but God da&n America”If they want to go down this road, Maybe Rev Wright should be mentally checked out also.
Report Post »GnomeChomsky
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:04pm@fertl
Report Post »thats what theyre doing, checking him out. his license has been temporarily suspended not revoked while they investigate. likely, nothing will come of this and his license will be reinstated, but in the meantime wouldnt you agree that a potentially disturbed person can go a couple weeks without being able to buy a gun.
DMcPher316
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:39pmYou ARE right….as with any crisis/incedent there is always a knee jerk response from the governments, makes it look like thay care/are doing something. What has alway amazed me is how they can‘t see gun control doesn’t work on those that won’t abid by it. In DC, the scream about gun control and blame it on Va. and Md for the guns used there. I Chacago, it’s all the weapons coming from down state that are causing all the crime. Can ANY one of them show me were gun control laws have done ANYTHING to reduce/stop crime? Even the FBI reported that of the more than 40,000 local, state and fed laws, not one has made a difference, not even their pet Bradyt law
Report Post »I asled a local liberal politian at a town hall meeting several years ago if he thought if we made ALL guns illegal if that would stop/reduce crime? “No” was his answer, “but we have to start somewhere”.
meoilman
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pmAll of a sudden people are mind readers on what a person thinks when he or she writes something.
Report Post »Beckaj
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pmFrom what this article says, what this guy said was beyond politics, it was a call for people to kill and that is wrong. It goes beyond free speech.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:54pmYou must be able to read minds since I didn‘t see that ’clear’ intent. I wasn’t even sure if this was an attempt at a lame joke or he was being serious but I then again, I’m not a mind reader. There has been a robust political dialog in this country since it was founded and people have always said things over the top – calling the president (pick any one) a murder or traitor, saying legislation if passed will cause women and children to suffer or starve, and yes, even wishing death on a politician (ask Dick Cheney or more recently Rush) yet Americans take all of that with a grain of salt because they know this is just ‘talk’. Yes, there are crazy people out there but what sets them off could be anything because they are crazy – we should not trample our freedom for the rare occasion they go off.
Report Post »Joe Camel
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pmSoon it will be grunts and hand gestures that will be regulated.
Report Post »jackkemo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:16pmFunny man…
Report Post »RollTideRoll
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:21pmtellin the truth
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pminvestigate yes….even the suspension is fine….but if he is found to not be an imminent threat to anybody, his gun MUST be returned and his gun license reinstated WITHOUT any notation of the previous investigation or suspension….
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:12amAll of those still in favor of gun registration say -”I’m stupid”. The west wasn’t won with a registered gun. Does any one really think that they aren’t ramping up the investigations and justifying it every time any crime is committed with a gun. This just proves how it is going to go and the excuses will become much more absurd. Mass confiscation is on the way. They know where every registered gun is located. It won’t be long now. What this idiot said was way out of line, but not against the law. They took his guns, his permit way before a thorough investigation and without due process.unless this is another poor reporting job.
Report Post »SimpleTruths
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:14pmI think you said everything with “the west wasn’t won…” Look at the calendar, this is 2011 not 1840, but I have a strong feeling you wish it still was.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pmGuess he painted himself with a big target
Open mouth on blog insert foot, all the way up to the butt
Report Post »Cuthalu
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:06pmNo, it was not warranted.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:12pm“Matthew agrees: “I am very pro-gun. I am also for freedom of speech. However, freedom of speech does not mean you can say anything you want without consequences. What he did is close to a direct threat on someone’s life. Do you think you can just go downstairs in the morning, threaten your wife with her life, and then go buy a gun after she files charges against you?””
Actually, it does mean you can say anything you want. Being “close to a direct threat” is not the same as “a direct threat”. What the guy said was tasteless, however, it was a call to NOT target innocent people.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:15pmWhat if he said “Praise Allah, 1 down 534 to go.”
Would you still feel the same?
BMartin1776
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:16pm“They” will look for any reason at all to go after guns. Whether its one by one like this or on a mass scale like in CA with the coming ammo sale/ backdoor registration. People have used “1 down 534 to go” many times like when DeLay got sentenced jail time, politicians got voted out or when some announced retirement/ not seeking re-election. This is absurd and its the weakest attempt to tie “rhetoric” to guns/ gun owners/ political extremist.
56 men, our Founding Fathers, had the courage to risk their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor for freedom, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. What are you prepared to do? http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »101
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:16pmNo comment
Report Post »But I hope The Blaze keeps us updated on the whole story and the outcome, so we have enough info to comment!
bikerr
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:17pmI feel the same… it was not warranted.Pres Obama said “they bring a Knife we bring a gun”
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:20pmI revise my opinion. He should not have put in the “1 down 534 to go”. That could reasonably be interpreted as something other than kosher.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:26pmMrButcher, as long as you mention allah, you can say anything you want in this country.
Report Post »Kaen
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:28pmThe “Political Correctness” has gone WAAAAAYYY to far in this country. Is what was said tasteless?…YES. But, people in this country say tasteless, offensive things all day every day. Personally….EVERY SPOKEN WORD from Comrade Obama spews from his filthy, socialist/marxist pig mouth offends me…The fact that Pelosi and Reid still share the same oxygen as the rest of the good people of this great country offend me but, other than voting them out of office…there is nothing that can be done…AND…the majority of the “offensive, hate speech” comes from the pigs on the left so why can’t we silence them in the name of “Responsible speech”?
Give me a break, quit whinning about what people say. A criminal can “Say” he is going to break the law all day long but, the police can’t arrest him until he does…same goes for “Hate Speech”. Yes it is ugly…but “Sticks and stones will break my bones”…until it is “Acted Upon” there IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT and when we start the prosecution process based on words instead of actions…we are furthering the “Government takeover” of our society.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:29pm@gonzo
not without me calling BS on it.
Report Post »oldguy48
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:32pmA lot of people feel that he was wrong with this comment. I’ll bet not very many people will think that way in six months or so.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:37pmWell all I have to say is IF every threat was taken as serious a lot of kids wouldn’t be here.. Parents tell their kids IF they do something than they will do a variety of things.. EVEN kids have enough sense to know their parents WON’T do them.. So I guess the Presidents saying he wants to know “WHO’S BUTT TO KICK” is threating someone seriously?? Firstly, How about a little common sense here.. he was making a generalization of all politicians.. does he have any CLASS or COMPASSION no but last I looked it was not a requirement to free speech.. IF it were than Sharpton and Jackson as well as those on MSNBC couldn’t open their mouths.. Some people like to vent out loud.. and their brains and their mouths are not connected.. and it’s a far reach to them shooting someone as to being loud mouths..”empty wagon’s make the loudest noise”..
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:39pmThe progressives are now trying to control your life if you exercise your first amendment rights. If this man’s words are considered danderous they better lock-up Mathews, Oberman and the rest of the Tv hate speakers. They are really dangerous !!!!!!
Report Post »Watch this new animated web movie to see how evil the left is when it comes to hypocrisy…..
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Dustyluv
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:52pmWas he talking about his bottles of beer on the wall? Was this thought police? Did he make a threat? No, it was NOT cool, but where is the threat?
Soon they will be taking our guns because they believe we have intent to use them. Well FYI, you come to my house to harm me or my family and I will use mine!
Report Post »crnman38
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:01pm“It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone,” 39-year-old Travis Corcoran
~ I am a gun owner and I guarantee you that I am as strong against any gun control their is as anyone here….but….is this statement not a direct threat?…did any of you really read this?..thats the way I read it….“to shoot” means with a gun…no? …and the next sentence, to “target politicians and their staff”? he is without a doubt telling people, to… not shoot the public but to shoot politicians..
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:15pmThank God gun licenses aren’t required in my state.
Concealed carry permits are, yes, but Florida’s floating an open carry law now. Deal with it, gun controllers. You won’t be taking MY gun away anytime soon.
exdem
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:15pmIn a communist country , yes it was warranted.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:22pmI won’t revise my comment, BTW.
Was this warranted? Hell no. Was this right to say? Hell no. Should he still have a right to say it without worrying that the Nanny is coming for his gun? Hell yes.
Once you start down this path, it becomes this: http://bit.ly/hToEu1 that eventually becomes this: http://bit.ly/eewLgQ
This is a slippery slope leading down a road we don’t want to go, people.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:26pmNo violence or calls of violence are to be tolerated or called for; the matter comes down to the values of the postings content and the writers intentions. It is this two parts – content and intent that are needed to be figured out in the entirity.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:27pmSarcasm cannot be typed so I can’t tell if this man’s blog was a lame attempt at humor. I feel we have proceeded down a slippery slope since what was at one time a joke is now called advocating violence all because of a shooter who apparently was not politically motivated and didn’t even listen to such speech. Again, I don’t know the intent of Travis Corcoran’s blog but wishing politicians dead is not new and more than likely started when the first politician arose from the primordial ooze. Really, liberals were holding signs ‘snipers wanted’ with GWB’s face on them – I don’t recall any outcry by the left then. Their fantasies even were immortalized in a movie assassinating GWB. I think that kind of rhetoric is not helpful but I also don’t want an America where we cannot fully speak our minds and where we fear being sarcastic or cracking a joke because someone will think it is a threat. It is the PC culture run amok.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:35pmIt’s a dangerous slope…
exactly who or what agency determines what speech “incites violence”? Responsibility rests on the INDIVIDUAL!
Once you start curbing or controlling the 1st Amendment and it wont stop, it will continue to progress until there is no free speech. When has the Government ever stopped or reversed it’s regulatory power over something it begins to regulate.
I will fight for the right of every liberal socialist progressive scumbag to speak their mind because I know that if their speech becomes regulated, it will just be a matter of time before my speech is regulated.
To say that we need to regulate speech in order to curb violence of a political nature is the SAME as saying we need to regulate what women wear and how women behave in order to curb rape and violence against women… it doesn’t matter that we are trampling on the rights of women because we are doing it for their own good.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:39pmAnother loon , it was better if he kept his mouth shut or had something better to say .
Report Post »Let’s see the charge from the left loons on this one now .
Xcori8r
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:58pmDon’t know enough to be conclusive, but did the authorities in MA have enough credible evidence that this guy was an immediate danger to justify invading his home and confiscating his property?
Or is it the case that simply offending certain sensibilities justifies police intervention and confiscation?
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:03pmIn my opinion…there are too many so called conservatives on this board agreeing with the suspending the guys CHL. Hey Folks…the other side is having it both ways. When you start down the road of censoring what levers of speech are OK and which one’s are not you have fallen in the trap. WAKE UP…and leave your good intentions at home. Wait til they start monitoring THE BLAZE..think I’m kidding. Then who will stay on the baord and who will abandon their REAL views because they are afraid the MAN will come knocking. DON’T YOU KNOW We The People are not going to get out of this mess without standing firm and SACRIFICE. Do you really think it will be otheriwse? Time to live in reality and quit straddling the fence.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 2:19pmHe should sue, this is a direct violation of his freedom of speech.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:11pmWho will protect our leaders from the Chinese after they take over America ?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:01pmYes, he should be investigated as well as anybody else who make any treats against our elected representatives. After all, any threat made against the President is investigated by the Secret Service.
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tifosa
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:33pmWarrants an investigation. Wish they’d done so with Loughner. Bet Chrstina’s parents would too.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 7:35pmwalkwithme1966 – EVERYTHING that falls out of that A-hole under your nose is pure BS. There was a movie about Bush being killed, while he was in office, so please shut your disgusting crap hole. There wasn’t enough SS to go after all the Bush or Cheney death threats, you can bet on that, hypocritical trash.
Report Post »slimster
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 11:09pmIt was not warranted. If they take away every ones guns for “POSSIBLY” legitimate or non-legitimate threats like this. then eventually none of the population of the USA will have guns. and no one will be able to resist if the need ever truly arises. imagine if our forefathers had handed over their guns to the British. There would be no America, the beautiful.
Here is the 2nd amendment as ratified by the states:
“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed”
Thomas Jefferson, “When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
“To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.”
“What is the militia? It is the whole people, except for a few public officials.”
-George Mason, 1788
It is pretty clear that this man had his 1st and 2nd amendment ignored and rolled over. If you want our republic back then you need to stand up against invasions of our rights like this.
I do not advocate the violence this man appears to be promoting, but I can understand his frustration, as I’m sure many of you on here can. Do not let a few crazy peoples actions determine the rights of the many or we will end up with more travesties like TSA, the Patriot Act, Obama, etc…
Mostly just pray for wisdom until the time of your deliverance through Jesus Christ.
Report Post »Sondergard
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:12amoh so if someone killed a cat and i said 1 down a 100 mill to go that means i am saying im going to go out and kill a cat????? what logic that is
Report Post »Sondergard
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:33amOMG people what are you thinking even if he did say “Target only politicians and their staff”. he never said “im going to” before that. Add those two together and you have a threat. it is not a threat it is just the first step in your rights being stripped away, how do you not see it?? it was a pathetic thing to say but whats next are we going to be targeted if we say our govornment needs to shoot on sight any who come over our border illegally???? who here is next on the list to be targeted by them??? these are your rights and your childrens rights on the line
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:05pmHe is a nut and should lose his right to bear arms.
Report Post »Sondergard
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 12:09amwhere did he say in ANY way that hes going to or plans on doing any violent act. they are looking for any reason to take our rights now. this is BS
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:08pmStereotype much?
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:12pmNO, But I profile the heck out of them all the time.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 12:24pmWhat’s wrong with being a small businessman? He sees a need, he fills it, he makes a profit. Good for him, or any other small businessman. Kids have to buy comics from somebody, and I don’t see DC Comics out distributing their wares for free or to “kid owned businesses”.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:28pmI find it of interest the protesters of a Wal-mart store use a cross hairs on the stores logo and yet nothing is said by the media (big suprise), and here we have a man making a borderline posting to his blog, and there is nothing but trouble stirred up.
Once again the slippery slope of PC garbage is getting slipperier and steeper.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 1:36pmI don’t want to speak for Chichi, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I think he was saying the guy owns a comic book store so perhaps this was his attempt at humor, that he wasn’t serious. As I said before, you can not type sarcasm so it is hard to tell when someone is saying something seriously or when they are saying it as a joke.
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