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Arlington Man Loses Gun License Due To Blog About Tucson Shooting
CBSBoston.com ^ | January 18, 2011 11:20 PM | Beth Germano

Posted on 01/19/2011 7:14:56 AM PST by Mad Dawgg

ARLINGTON (CBS) – A blog threatening members of Congress in the wake of the Tucson, Arizona shooting has prompted Arlington police to temporarily suspend the firearms license of an Arlington man.

It was the headline “1 down and 534 to go” that caught the attention. “One” refers to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in the rampage, while 534 refers to the other members of the U.S. House and Senate.

Police are investigating the “suitability” of 39-year-old Travis Corcoran to have a firearms license

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: giffords
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To: Mad Dawgg
You conveniently left out the part where he encourages mass murder:

"It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.”.

21 posted on 01/19/2011 7:32:45 AM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: Mad Dawgg

“has prompted Arlington police to temporarily suspend the firearms license of an Arlington man.”

What the government gives the government can take away.


22 posted on 01/19/2011 7:33:29 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Mad Dawgg

It is not a good idea for a sane person to yell “Fire” in a crowded theater.

Nor is it a good idea for a sane person to imply bumping off 534 members of Congress.


23 posted on 01/19/2011 7:33:57 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: kristinn
"You conveniently left out the part where he encourages mass murder:"

Conveiniently?

I followed the rules of copyright law I didn't edit a thing...

I believe an apology is in order...

24 posted on 01/19/2011 7:35:54 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Hodar

Excellent post!


25 posted on 01/19/2011 7:36:04 AM PST by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: Uncle Ike
The First Amendment does not give one the right to threaten to kill anyone, including member of Congress.

Now, this may have been merely a very, dumb comment, as opposed to a real threat, but an investigation into it seems totally appropriate to me.

26 posted on 01/19/2011 7:38:36 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Mad Dawgg

Blogging and alcohol don’t mix.


27 posted on 01/19/2011 7:38:36 AM PST by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

I agree with you that it is not a good idea.

Where does it say that he himself will commit an act or says for others to do such a thing.

It looks to me from the article ( i cant view video links at work) that he is merely giving a how to.

We dont arrest people for writing about how to make a bomb or how to infiltrate a building, clear a room, or set up an ambush.

This guy is a serious moron. We can all differ on what is inciting violence, but another part to this is they are going to take away his license without any conviction or arrest.

just my humble opinions.


28 posted on 01/19/2011 7:42:11 AM PST by And2TheRepublic (People like freedom of speech, but only when it's sweet to their ears.)
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To: Hodar
Irony alert!

I’m a believer in ‘Due Process’...Intimadation by removing a Gun License, WITHOUT due process is a method preferred by tyrants and dictators; and should never be tolerated.

But...

If I were in charge, my response would be swift and immediate. First off, the person who stripped this individual of his Gun License needs to have this job stripped from him.

So, the justice raper should be fired immediately but the guy advocating mass murder...he can keep his gun for now.
29 posted on 01/19/2011 7:44:07 AM PST by drjimmy
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To: And2TheRepublic

right here-—

“It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.”.


30 posted on 01/19/2011 7:45:30 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Above My Pay Grade; NautiNurse; Melas

” “It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.” “

Sorry - I don’t see a “threat”, in that quote (which, granted, is the only part of his original article available) - where does he say “I will...” or “You must...”

This is, at worst, bad mannered - and stupid - hyperbole, and, in truth, much milder than you’d hear in a barroom on any given Saturday night....


31 posted on 01/19/2011 7:49:38 AM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Mad Dawgg
Hey wow! The Oppressive left got themselves a two-fer, the First and second amendments in one fell swoop.

/sarc.

Ahh, remember the good old days when Libs were in favor of the Constitution?

32 posted on 01/19/2011 7:50:14 AM PST by Voice of Reason88 ( Freedom is never lost all at once - Edmund Burke)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

exactly my point. sounds like a ‘how to’. Im not trying to defend the guy’s mental process, but i think the powers that be are going overboard.


33 posted on 01/19/2011 7:50:17 AM PST by And2TheRepublic (People like freedom of speech, but only when it's sweet to their ears.)
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To: And2TheRepublic
"This guy is a serious moron. We can all differ on what is inciting violence, but another part to this is they are going to take away his license without any conviction or arrest."

Same here.

Though his words make me uncomfortable I am waaaaay more uncomfortable with the Government taking his personal property (firearms)which BTW is supposedly protected by the 2nd Amendment.

Further, the reason they supposedly took his firearms because he wrote "objectionable" words...

And I am even more uncomfortable with the fact that many freepers see nothing wrong here...

What was the actor's name who said: "There is a whiff of fascism in the air..."?

34 posted on 01/19/2011 7:52:07 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Uncle Ike

Who are the brain police?


35 posted on 01/19/2011 7:53:19 AM PST by Gasshog (going to get what all those libs asked for, but its not what they expected.)
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To: Mad Dawgg

What he said was very stupid.

Some of those 534 others and their staff are good people. Of course, we could get along just fine without many of the rest of them, too.

Just sayin’....


36 posted on 01/19/2011 7:54:24 AM PST by EricT. (Can we start hanging them yet?)
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To: NautiNurse

>>Additionally, the former gun owner stated, “It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.” <<

That is the money quote. The 534 to go rant might be explained away as some sort of gallows humor or sarcasm. The quote above seems to clearly be calling for 534 murders.

I wonder what his defenders would say if he were a Jihadist calling for 534 suicide bombings?


37 posted on 01/19/2011 7:57:07 AM PST by Above My Pay Grade
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To: Mad Dawgg

He should be investigated, which would be due process.

Suspending a license w/o that is not due process.

Consider this: if had not blogged it, where he could be identified through computer records, but spoke it and a cop overheard, would he be subject to arrest?

To identify him and determine he has a license, he’d need to be detained and asked for ID at a minimum.

Put another way, is saying something like this in the general public as bad as joking about bombs in an airport?


38 posted on 01/19/2011 7:58:22 AM PST by fruser1
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To: fruser1
"Put another way, is saying something like this in the general public as bad as joking about bombs in an airport?"

See my problem with the whole thing is NOW its unacceptable to joke about bombs in an airport.

We all just accept it as such.

...and the Overton Window gets just a little bit bigger and we lose a little more liberty...

39 posted on 01/19/2011 8:03:19 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: kristinn
You conveniently left out the part where he encourages mass murder:

"It is absolutely, absolutely unacceptable to shoot indiscriminately. Target only politicians and their staff and leave regular citizens alone.”.

What if he were a Muslim US citizen? Would we be so quick to defend this as free speech? I think they are doing the right thing here, investigate. If it turns out he's just a blowhard idiot, no harm done. If he is in need of mental health professionals, get them for him.

40 posted on 01/19/2011 8:06:08 AM PST by DejaJude
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