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RandySF

(59,186 posts)
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 03:22 PM Jun 2015

Gun lobbyist courted by Ted Cruz calls for Obama’s assassination

Gun lobbyist Larry Pratt has proposed a Second Amendment solution for lawmakers with whom he disagrees, and now he wants gun owners to train their sights on President Barack Obama.

“The Second Amendment was designed for people just like the president and his administration,” Pratt told right-wing radio host Roger Fredinburg.

Right Wing Watch reported that Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, understood his apparent call for the assassination of the president might create a stir.

“If the New York Times and the Rolling Stone, and whoever else wants to have a hissy fit – yes, our guns are in our hands for people like those in our government right now that think they want to go tyrannical on us, we’ve got something for them,” Pratt said. “That’s what it’s all about.”


http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/gun-lobbyist-courted-by-ted-cruz-calls-for-obamas-assassination/

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Gun lobbyist courted by Ted Cruz calls for Obama’s assassination (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2015 OP
I can just imagine what J. Edgar Hoover would have done with a crackpot like this! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2015 #1
We now know for a fact that Wellstone ruled Jun 2015 #2
I just don't understand why these people can't be arrested for promoting an assassination Chemisse Jun 2015 #3
Where is the Secret Service yuiyoshida Jun 2015 #4
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
2. We now know for a fact that
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 03:57 PM
Jun 2015

the Wack a Doodles who spew this Racist hate speech are safe from prosecution. We have not heard any pushback from the DOJ,Attorney General,and the FBI. You think maybe these folks are running scared of some societal armed conflict? Sure as hell stinks.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
3. I just don't understand why these people can't be arrested for promoting an assassination
Sat Jun 6, 2015, 07:05 PM
Jun 2015

How did we get so far off track that it is within acceptable discourse to threaten to kill our president?

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