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Man arrested for tweet threatening GOP lawmaker
Twitter ^ | 4/6/18 | Donny Ferguson

Posted on 04/06/2018 5:04:28 PM PDT by raccoonradio

38 yr old Christopher Michael McGowan of Roanoke, VA was just arrested for threatening to kill GOP VA Rep Bob Goodlatte for being an NRA supporter.

He tweeted "You better get on those gun laws. I am buying one intended for you in 3 days. Can you legally stop me?" By my count, this is around the 45th liberal arrested since last May for threatening to kill, or assaulting, a GOP lawmaker. Real number is likely higher.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: guns; threats

1 posted on 04/06/2018 5:04:28 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

“Can you legally stop me?”

Yes


2 posted on 04/06/2018 5:05:08 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdva/pr/roanoke-man-arrested-threatening-congressman-bob-goodlatte


3 posted on 04/06/2018 5:06:02 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: raccoonradio

Good, the POS.


4 posted on 04/06/2018 5:06:44 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: raccoonradio

Liberalism confirms its status as a mental illness daily.


5 posted on 04/06/2018 5:12:59 PM PDT by Migraine ((A smartass who is right can be downright funny. A smartass who is wrong is just a smartass.))
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To: raccoonradio

http://www.martinsvillebulletin.com/news/region_and_state/botetourt-county-man-jailed-on-charge-of-twitter-threats-against/article_259a294e-dba6-5577-acd3-398ae683c144.html

>> In mid-December, a message from one of the accounts said: “Dear, any law enforcement agency. I am a veteran Army officer and am fully qualified and capable to kill. Should Trump fire Mueller illegally and @BobGoodlatte6 fail to impeach him I will consider Bob an enemy combatant and arrest him. If he resist I will kill him.”

Goodlatte’s office called police. Botetourt County sheriff’s deputies visited McGowan at home. “McGowan stated that he had become intoxicated and sent the tweets hoping to get someone’s attention over his concerns about the current status of our country,” according to court papers. He also said he didn’t own firearms or intend to hurt anyone, court papers said.


6 posted on 04/06/2018 5:14:04 PM PDT by raccoonradio
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....mean while, meet your new cell mate Ben Dover


7 posted on 04/06/2018 5:23:06 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: raccoonradio

These people need to be taken seriously. They are derranged enough to carry out their threats.


8 posted on 04/06/2018 5:26:29 PM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: raccoonradio

There are some seriously far-left weirdos in Roanoke, Virginia.


9 posted on 04/06/2018 5:31:14 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: WayneS
There are some seriously far-left weirdos in Roanoke, Virginia.

Darn shame. There's a terrific train museum in Roanoke.


10 posted on 04/06/2018 5:36:28 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen)
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To: raccoonradio

Democrats should not be allowed to own guns.


11 posted on 04/06/2018 5:38:06 PM PDT by unlearner (A war is coming.)
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To: COBOL2Java

It is a great museum. You can most likely visit it without encountering too many leftist ass-hats. They don’t tend to be very interested in history.


12 posted on 04/06/2018 5:38:32 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: raccoonradio

Little Piglet could almost be accused of the same.


13 posted on 04/06/2018 5:39:09 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: raccoonradio

When are all these “famous” people going to be arrested for making threats against the president?


14 posted on 04/06/2018 6:11:40 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: raccoonradio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eCaif2QKfA


15 posted on 04/06/2018 6:28:46 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK (I think therefore im Dangerous to the liberal agenda !)
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To: bk1000
[These people need to be taken seriously. They are deranged enough to carry out their threats.]

That's correct. My state has CC. Thank God.

16 posted on 04/06/2018 6:34:32 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Old Yeller

+1


17 posted on 04/06/2018 6:38:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: raccoonradio

People want to put the left back in power because we have Republicans that don’t agree 100% with us? The pattern of leftist violence continues, and we continue to be a fractured base.

No, the Republicans haven’t done 100% of what the base wanted. That is not a reason to hand over committee chairmanships to Democrats who can stifle our voices in Congress and then impeach and remove the president who is fighting for America and us from office. It is handing the president over to representatives who just want to get in power so impeachment can happen. Some of the Republicans are listening to us. The Democrats never listen to us.

Freepers, please read about what has happened in socialist countries. We are not far from we ourselves being victims of leftist violence. It is unwise to trash our majorities because we look at small issues instead of the big picture.


18 posted on 04/06/2018 7:53:41 PM PDT by futnam1
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To: WayneS

How come the Historian Association is so anti-Trump?


19 posted on 04/06/2018 8:33:23 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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