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Anti-Gun Senator Shoots Intruder
Before It's News ^ | December 14, 2010 | Barracuda

Posted on 12/15/2010 1:26:50 AM PST by Bon mots

Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City , N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician's home county said.

The intruder, Kyle Blackburn, was taken to a South Carolina hospital, but the injuries were not reported to be life-threatening, according to Rex Gore, district attorney for Columbus, Bladen andBrunswick counties..

Anti-gun hypocrite

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antigun; banglist; braking; democrats; guns; hilarious; hypocrite; northcarolina; obama; oldnews; palin; senatorsoles
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To: Bon mots

Start with Dianne Feinstein and her coveted CCW permit, which she vehemently opposes for anyone other than government thugs.


81 posted on 12/15/2010 5:54:36 PM PST by ronnyquest (Barack H. Obama is the Manchurian Candidate. What are you going to do about it?)
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To: upchuck; marktwain

SC ping.

North Carolina.


82 posted on 12/15/2010 5:57:34 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (WE'RE SCREWED 2008)
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To: hattend

Hipocrites, Hipocrites, and more Hipocrites.


83 posted on 12/15/2010 6:44:35 PM PST by Kackikat (There is no such thing as a free lunch, because someone paid, somewhere.)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
but the injuries were not reported to be life-threatening
IOW, I can't even say "nice shootin'!" Thanks Bon Mots.


84 posted on 12/15/2010 7:24:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: OneWingedShark

Well, as long as you’re going to make an argument via broad definitions, it seems that “force” falls into your definition of “reason”...as in: “It makes sense to comply than to get hurt by not complying.”


85 posted on 12/15/2010 7:57:06 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Gondring

>Well, as long as you’re going to make an argument via broad definitions, it seems that “force” falls into your definition of “reason”...as in: “It makes sense to comply than to get hurt by not complying.”

Isn’t that the reason people have for using force?
“Person X will comply with demand Y if I threaten and/or use force Z.”


86 posted on 12/15/2010 8:13:35 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

That’s my point. That by using your definition, the column’s point is worthless.


87 posted on 12/15/2010 8:40:17 PM PST by Gondring (Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
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To: Bon mots

The dead hypocrite Carl Rowan was with the Washington Post, I am pretty sure.


88 posted on 12/15/2010 8:49:40 PM PST by Lancey Howard (Pray for 3/5.)
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To: Bon mots

HYPOCRITE!!! Typical Democrat.


89 posted on 12/16/2010 1:33:55 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Clintonfatigued; BillyBoy; PhilCollins; fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA

Chicago Alderman are allowed to pack heat, and many do. And they all support gun control (except the lone Republican).

Restrictions are only for us Plebs.


90 posted on 12/16/2010 3:35:46 AM PST by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy

“Do as I say, not as I do.”


91 posted on 12/16/2010 7:39:31 AM PST by GOPsterinMA
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To: Blood of Tyrants
He ought to be prosecuted using the laws he has tried to have made over us.

State Sen. R.C. Soles indicted on assault charge

State Sen. R.C. Soles, the state's longest-serving legislator, was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious bodily injury.

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Key Documents:Soles indictment (PDF - 551kb)

The Attorney General's Office presented a bill of indictment to a Columbus County grand jury. The charge carries a possible sentence of 15 to 31 months in prison.

Police say Soles, D-Columbus, shot Kyle Blackburn, 22, in the leg Aug. 23 at the senator's Tabor City home. Soles has said he was acting in self-defense after Blackburn and another man tried to kick in the door of his home.

“We are certainly disappointed,” Soles' attorney Joe Cheshire said Thursday. “We believe what happened at his house that evening was the result of an attack on his home and that he was defending himself.”

Cheshire said when Soles will booked and processed through the system has not yet been decided.

“I'm saddened for him. I'm saddened for the county, and I'm saddened for the state of North Carolina,” Tabor City Police Chief Donald Dowless said. “It's just a bad day for him and the county and the state of North Carolina.”

Columbus County residents and officials were curious about the grand jury's decision.

Outside the Columbus County Courthouse in Whiteville, one man shouted from his car at reporters, “Was he indicted?”

Reactions mixed

In Soles' hometown of Tabor City, a 29-year-old woman whose mother has worked on his campaigns previously was saddened by the news of his indictment.

“I've always liked him,” said Jennifer Watson, clutching a nursing book in her arm as she got into her car with her son. “I stand behind him 100 percent. I don't find it a crime to shoot someone ... who's intruding on your house.”

Watson also happens to be Blackburn's neighbor, and she said that what she knows of the young man is that he's always in trouble with the law. As to the shooting incident at Soles' house, she said, “If you tell them to move and they're not leaving, you have a right to defend that.”

Another man who works at True Value said Soles should be held accountable if he committed a crime.

“If he's guilty, he ought to have to pull time just like anybody else,” said Elbert Long, a retired furniture salesman. “Just 'cause he's a lawyer and knows all the lawyers, I don't think he should be treated better than any common, ordinary citizen.”

A part-owner of True Value, Sam Rogers, said he's inn the Rotary Club with Soles and also goes to the same church, Tabor City Baptist.

“He's been a very outstanding senator and an especially vital part of this community for many years,” he said. “He's just done so much for the community.”

“I hate this has come about,” he said of Soles' indictment. “It's not good. We all feel for him, but we know things will work out for the best.”

Soles was not at his Tabor City law office or home Thursday afternoon. His 98-year-old father, R.C. Soles Sr., said he did not want to comment and had not talked to Soles by 5 p.m. Thursday. He did say Soles had gone to Wilmington for business.

The State Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate accusations made by a young man who claimed Soles tried to molest him when he was 15. The man, Stacey Scott, has since recanted those claims, and Soles denies them.

Legal implications

Soles announced last week that he will not seek re-election this year, at least in part because of these cases.

The legal problems could also affect his legal career.

The North Carolina State Bar can disbar a lawyer if he commits a criminal act that “reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.”

There is no rule that states which criminal acts fit into that category.

The lawyer does not have to be charged with a crime for the State Bar to take action, said Katherine Jean , counsel to the State Bar.

When the State Bar gets information about possible misconduct by a lawyer, its grievance committee can open a file on that lawyer and look into the complaint. The State Bar can hold its own trial and present evidence to determine whether the lawyer should be disciplined.

Jean said because of confidentiality rules, she could not say whether a grievance file has been opened on Soles. But usually, if a lawyer has been charged with a crime, the State Bar will let the justice system run its course, Jean said. If a lawyer is convicted, the State Bar has the right to take away his license without holding its own trial. Shelby Sebens: 343-2076 On Twitter.com: @ShelbySebens

92 posted on 12/16/2010 1:09:32 PM PST by archy (I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!)
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To: Bon mots

Hypocrisy like this should be a hanging offense.


93 posted on 12/16/2010 1:56:44 PM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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