Define Irony: Anti-Gun Protester Threatens To Shoot State Legislator

[ghosttruck]

A woman was removed from a Connecticut gun hearing Monday after another attendee noticed her sending text messages threatening to shoot National Rifle Association (NRA) members and a state lawmaker.

The Monday Hartford meeting on gun control proposals intended to discuss safe storage laws, open-carry permits and plans to regulate "ghost" 3D-printed guns in the state of Connecticut. But an unidentified woman was spotted texting with someone what appeared to be a threat.

"If I had a gun, I'd blow away Sampson and a large group of NRA..." reads the woman's text, according to a photo. The previous text message the woman is responding to in the surreptitious picture also makes reference to Republican state Senator Rob Sampson, of Wolcott.

Sampson is a staunch supporter of Second Amendment gun ownership rights and has previously spoken out against bump stock legislation to the state general assembly. The NRA honored Sampson in October 2014 with the group's "Defender of Freedom Award" for fighting against Senate Bill 1160, which sought to prohibit the sale of long guns to anyone under eighteen but the NRA labeled, "one of the most egregious anti-gun bills in U.S. history."

Sampson has an "A+" rating with the powerful national gun rights organization. The secretive picture taken over the woman's shoulder and posted to Twitter by WTNH-TV correspondent Mark Davis prompted Capitol Police to expel the woman from the hearing.

Woman Removed From Gun Hearing Over Threatening Text

A woman was removed from a Connecticut gun hearing Monday after another attendee noticed her sending text messages threatening to shoot NRA members and a state lawmaker.

www.newsweek.com

 

[knockout]

Why wasn’t the stupid lib arrested and changed for making a terrorist threat

 

[spiff]

Why wasn’t the stupid lib arrested and changed for making a terrorist threat

Legally it doesn't constitute a threat at all. She did not say "I am going to shoot you", but used a hypothetical situation. It wouldn't hold up in court if they tried.

 

[ghosttruck]

Why wasn’t the stupid lib arrested and changed for making a terrorist threat

Because irony isn't considered a weapon.

 

[knockout]

Because irony isn't considered a weapon.

Being anti gun doesn’t make it irony
When an asshole threatens or shoots a doctor performing abortions is that also irony

 

[ghosttruck]

Being anti gun doesn’t make it irony
When an asshole threatens or shoots a doctor performing abortions is that also irony

Well...that's more of a 3 things thread thing

 

[spiff]

Being anti gun doesn’t make it irony
When an asshole threatens or shoots a doctor performing abortions is that also irony

I'm not sure you have a strong understanding of the word "irony" then. Or any understanding, really.

Again, there is literally no threat there. She did not say she was going to do it. And how are you comparing a hypothetical situation with actually shooting a doctor?

Come on, don't they teach conservatives reading comprehension anymore?

 

[knockout]

I'm not sure you have a strong understanding of the word "irony" then. Or any understanding, really.

Again, there is literally no threat there. She did not say she was going to do it. And how are you comparing a hypothetical situation with actually shooting a doctor?

Come on, don't they teach conservatives reading comprehension anymore?

I’m actually comparing the threats from a pro lifer that in the past have turned into actual crimes
(Murder)
To the threat made by this anti gun bitch, that could end up being a crime if she follows through
I don’t see the deference
I see a definite threat on that phone and she needs to be placed in custody not just escorted out

 

[Kittyskyfish]

Come on, don't they teach conservatives reading comprehension anymore?

Considering that schools are the leading leftist indoctrination machines... I'd say his reading comprehension skills are par for course.

Boom.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

When an asshole threatens or shoots a doctor performing abortions is that also irony

No. Because that type of terrorist fanatic pro-lifer thinks it would be a just execution for taking unborn innocent lives. It's also just plain crazy.

Also if someone had texted something similar against a person with leftist ideology it would be all over the news much more. People demanding arrest etc, even though it's not a criminal offense to post a hypothetical nasty "If I could have XXX then I would [do something violent] " statement.
It's not illegal to be mean spirited.

 

[Knox]

As a person who owns a hand gun and is probably the most liberal person on this site, the woman was an idiot. Complete idiot. However she legally did not threaten anyone and that’s why she’s not in jail nor under arrest.

While I’m all for banning automatic rifles, bump stocks and the rest as well as overhauling our gun laws, I’m not anti gun nor are most of the ‘Left’.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

Agree with @Knox. Most of my lefty acquaintances - and I have plenty - are not for outlawing guns. They are just personally scared of them, which has to to with ignorance and/or wussiness.
Don't mistake the hysterical few and some grandstanding politicians (always the same few) for the general opinion.

 

[knockout]

As a person who owns a hand gun and is probably the most liberal person on this site, the woman was an idiot. Complete idiot. However she legally did not threaten anyone and that’s why she’s not in jail nor under arrest.

While I’m all for banning automatic rifles, bump stocks and the rest as well as overhauling our gun laws, I’m not anti gun nor are most of the ‘Left’.

I’m having a little fun with this because I agree with what @Muriel Schwenck posted about the reaction had a conservative done something similar
I’ll agree with your post except the part where most on the left are not anti gun. Democrats in general are not anti gun, but most libs are, I personally don’t consider average democrats and leftists as the same animal. In California we don’t have many democrats, we have lots of liberals and they keep making gun ownership more restrictive every year
We already had the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, but again they had to add more restrictions
Even our liberal gasoline has restrictions, special additives and increased cost
I don’t see any reason to own certain weapons myself. Certainly should be some restrictions on what and who can purchase, not perfect but California has it covered, but you can’t stop interstate movement of weapons and cartridges just like you can’t stop drugs

 

[Knox]

Hey, I’m just saying it wasn’t illegal. I’m not saying it wasn’t wrong. Because it clearly is. But I do think you need to expand your horizons on what it actually means to be left.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

But I do think you need to expand your horizons on what it actually means to be left.

You could do the same with the "right" .

 

[Knox]

You could do the same with the "right" .

I actually do. The ones I bitch about happen to be in power and deserve everything I say. Tell me when you’ve heard me bitch about anyone who’s not relevant.

 

[Muriel Schwenck]

I actually do. The ones I bitch about happen to be in power and deserve everything I say. Tell me when you’ve heard me bitch about anyone who’s not relevant.

LOL. You've bitched about DD members. We are not very relevant in the big world, just people giving opinions and information on a forum.
But you've matured & improved since becoming mod.

 

[Knox]

LOL. You've bitched about DD members. We are not very relevant in the big world, just people giving opinions and information on a forum.
But you've matured & improved since becoming mod.

Wrong. You're very relevant if you vote. And I don't bitch about them. I bitch to them. There's a difference.

 

[LFODBiker]

Why wasn’t the stupid lib arrested and changed for making a terrorist threat

Because she wasn't making a public threat. She was texting with someone (family, friend, whatever).

 

[Kiss_My_Axe]

Though she is a dumb fucking cunt, I’m not about charging people with thought crimes. I think the police should keep an eye on her and investigate her though. You know, just double check that she isn’t buying bomb parts or writing depraved comments or really fucked up manifesto about how she’s got a murder all planned out or something.