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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An impressively lenthy, but highly
suspect list. (one can't help but wonder from where it might have been
cribbed) Several problems throw the entire lists veracity into question,
chief among them is the inclusion of Joseph Stack, John Patrick Bedell, and
Jared Loughner as individuals with some conection to the right. </FONT><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Next time it might be a good idea to review (and cite) the
material you choose to cut and paste. Using non-factual information to back
up your faulty assertion that another fellows argument is flawed makes
you look foolish.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu
href="mailto:reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu">Reggie Holmquist</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=lfalen@turbonet.com
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 31, 2011 1:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] that Jared guy
and mental health</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Your faulty argument is based on the false premise that there
is an equal amount of hate speech and violence coming from both sides.
Please consider this short list so that you may disabuse yourself of that
false equivalency.<BR><BR>-Reggie<BR><BR><STRONG>July 27, 2008</STRONG>—Jim
Adkisson shoots and kills two people at a progressive church in Knoxville,
Tennessee, wounding two. Adkisson calls it “<A
href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/knoxville-church-shooters-manifesto">a
symbolic killing</A>” because he really “<A
href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/knoxville-church-shooters-manifesto">wanted
to kill…every Democrat in the Senate & House, the 100 people in Bernard
Goldberg's book</A>,” but was unable to gain access to
them.<BR><BR><STRONG>September 18, 2008</STRONG>—Dick Heller, the plaintiff
from the case of <EM>District of Columbia v. Heller</EM>, provides testimony
to the D.C. Council regarding firearm-related legislation. Heller’s
written, submitted testimony states, in part: "‘<A
href="http://www.csgv.org/storage/documents/HELLER%20TESTIMONY%209-18-08.pdf">We
the people,’ armed, are TRULY what the Writers of the Constitution intended
for us to be in Art. 1, Sec. 8, para. 15, and that is the CITIZEN
MILITIA. If suicide terrorists DO attact our city, ARMED CITIZENS could
be the First to counter these hostilities in our individual
neighborhoods</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>September 22, 2008</STRONG>—The
National Rifle Association launches its <A
href="http://www.gunbanobama.com/">GunBanObama website</A>, which predicts
that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, “<A
href="http://www.gunbanobama.com/Default.aspx?NavGuid=99ac1df3-2e0b-454c-a039-dffd66849533">if
elected…would be the most anti-gun president in American
history</A>.” The website is part of a $15 million NRA campaign to
discredit Obama.<BR><BR><STRONG>December 9, 2008</STRONG>—FBI teams
investigating the murder of white supremacist James Cumming, 29, a resident of
Belfast, Maine, find supplies for a crude radiological dispersal dervice and
other explosives in his home. Cumming's wife, who shot him to death after
being abused by him repeatedly, explains, "<A
href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html">His
intentions were to construct a dirty bomb and take it to Washington to kill
President Obama. He was planning to hide it in the undercarriage of our moter
home</A>."<BR><STRONG><BR></STRONG><STRONG>February 5, 2009</STRONG>—FOX
commentator Glenn Beck hosts an hour-long special on Fox called “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKKUfmFL3Cs">We Surround Them</A>,” a
“grassroots effort to wake up our Nation's leaders and let them know what
many, if not most, Americans truly believe in and stand
for.”<BR><BR><STRONG>February 20, 2009</STRONG>—FOX commentator Glenn Beck
hosts a program that games a 2014 civil war scenario called “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8La5xLYo2-s">The Bubba
Effect</A>.” It involves citizen militias in the South and West taking up
arms against the U.S. government.<BR><BR><STRONG>March 3, 2009</STRONG>— FOX
commentator Glenn Beck interviews NRA celebrity spokesman Chuck Norris. During
the interview, Beck states that, “<A
href="http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/22220/">Somebody
asked me this morning, they said, ‘you really believe that there's going to be
trouble in the future?’ And I said, ‘if this country starts to spiral out
of control and, you know, and Mexico melts down or whatever, if it really
starts to spiral out of control, before America allows a country to become a
totalitarian country … Americans will, they just, they won't stand for
it. There will be parts of the country that will rise up.’ And they
said, ‘where's that going to come from?’ And I said, ‘Texas, it's going
to come from Texas</A>.’”<BR><BR><STRONG>March 9, 2009</STRONG>—NRA celebrity
spokesman Chuck Norris writes in an editorial published at WorldNetDaily:
“<A
href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91103">How much
more will Americans take? When will enough be enough? And, when that time
comes, will our leaders finally listen or will history need to record a second
American Revolution?</A>”<BR><BR><STRONG>March 11, 2009</STRONG>—NRA CEO Wayne
LaPierre speaks at the 2009 Conservative Political Action Conference and
announces that “<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqAWQ-TMF3I">Our
Founding Fathers understood that the guys with the guns make the
rules</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>March 21-22, 2009</STRONG>—Congresswoman Michele
Bachmann (R-MN) states that she wants residents of her state to be “<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/23/michele-bachmann-i-want-p_n_178156.html">armed
and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back.
Thomas Jefferson told us ‘having a revolution every now and then is a good
thing,’ and the people—we the people—are going to have to fight back hard if
we’re not going to lose our country</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>April 4,
2009</STRONG>—Neo-Nazi Richard Poplawski shoots and kills three police
officers responding to a 911 call to his home in Pittsburgh. His friend
Edward Perkovic tells reporters that Poplawski feared “<A
href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/pittsburgh-shooter-poplawski-didnt-o">the
Obama gun ban that’s on its way</A>” and “<A
href="http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/pittsburgh-shooter-poplawski-didnt-o">didn’t
like our rights being infringed upon</A>.” Perkovic also commented that
Poplawski carried out the shooting because “<A
href="http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001115/">if anyone tried to take his
firearms, he was gonna’ stand by what his forefathers told him to
do</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>April 7, 2009</STRONG>—The Department of Homeland
Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis releases an assessment of right
wing extremism in the United States. The Department notes that “<A
href="http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf">the economic downturn and
the election of the first African American president present unique drivers
for rightwing radicalization and recruitment</A>.” Recalling the 1995 Oklahoma
City bombing by Timothy McVeigh, the Department speculates, “<A
href="http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/rightwing.pdf">The possible passage of new
restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing
significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the
potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone wolf extremists capable of
carrying out violent attacks</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>April 15,
2009</STRONG>—Daniel Knight Hayden, 52, is arrested by FBI agents after he
openly states on <A href="http://twitter.com/citizenquasar">Twitter</A> that
he is going to turn the upcoming Oklahoma City “Tea Party” into a
bloodbath. Two months earlier, Hayden had written online, “<A
href="http://www.jackbloodforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22193&p=123690#p123690">The
only thing that is keeping the New World Order from destroying this nation is
the presence of over 100,000,000 guns in civilian hands. When guns are
outlawed, only criminals will have guns. Since we are already criminals
in the eyes of the New World Order, and they intend to enslave us all, and to
kill those of us who will NOT submit to their slavery, I say to IGNORE gun
"laws" and keep your guns (AND ammo) handy</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>April 19,
2009</STRONG>—The <A href="http://oathkeepers.org/">Oath Keepers</A>, an
anti-government group made up of current and former law enforcement and
military personnel, holds its first "muster" in Lexington, Massachusetts, the
site of the opening shots of the Revolutionary War. The groups' members pledge
to disobey ten different orders that they deem "<A
href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/">unconstitutional</A>"
and "<A
href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/">immoral</A>,"
the first of which reads, "<A
href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/">We
will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>April
25, 2009</STRONG>—Joshua Cartwright, 28, a member of the Florida National
Guard, shoots and kills two Okaloosa County sheriff's deputies attempting to
arrest him on a domestic abuse charge. Cartwright is killed in an enusing gun
battle with police. Cartwright's wife reports that he was "<A
href="http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/cartwright-16963-elizabeth-deputies.html">severely
disturbed</A>" that Barack Obama had been elected president. Okaloosa County
Sheriff Edward Spooner states that Cartrwight was "<A
href="http://cbs2.com/national/police.shooting.sheriffs.2.995014.html">interested
in militia groups and weapons training</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May
2009</STRONG>—Data released by the U.S. Marshals Service indicates that <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/24/AR2009052402931.html">threats
to the nation's judges and prosecutors have more than doubled in the past six
years, from 592 in 2003 to 1,278 in 2008</A>. Federal officials blame a number
of parties, including the "sovereign citizen" movement—an unorganized grouping
of tax protesters, white supremacists, and others who don't respect federal
authority. <BR><BR><STRONG>May 21-22, 2009</STRONG>—<A
href="http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/">We The People</A> Chairman Bob
Schultz hosts a gathering of 30 "freedom keepers" in Jekyll Island, Georgia.
The meeting plays "<A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/midwifing-the-militias">a
key role in launching the current resurgence of militias and the larger
anti-government 'Patriot' movement</A>." One of the participants, former Texas
militia leader Jon Roland, claims the federal government has "<A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/midwifing-the-militias">been
engaging in warlike activity against the American
people</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 31, 2009</STRONG>—Scott P. Roeder shoots and
kills Dr. George Tiller, an abortion provider, in the foyer of Reformation
Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas. The FBI lists Roeder as a member of
the Montana Freemen, a radical anti-government group. In April 1996, he
had been pulled over in Topeka, Kansas, for driving with a homemade license
plate. Police found a military-style rifle, ammunition, a blasting cap,
a fuse cord, a one-pound can of gunpowder, and two 9-volt batteries in his
car.<BR><BR><STRONG>June 3, 2009</STRONG>—Hal Turner, a New Jersey resident
and white supremacist blogger/radio host, is arrested on charges of inciting
injury after calling for the deaths of two Connecticut state legislators on
his blog because they sponsored a bill that would have transferred financial
power in Roman Catholic parishes from priests and bishops to lay members.
“<A
href="http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/northbergen/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1244183127151340.xml&coll=3">While
filing a lawsuit is quaint and the 'decent' way to handle things</A>,” he
wrote, “<A
href="http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/northbergen/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1244183127151340.xml&coll=3">we
at TRN (Turner Radio Network) believe that being decent to a group of
tyrannical scumbags is the wrong approach. It's too soft.
Thankfully, the Founding Fathers gave us the tools necessary to resolve
tyranny: The Second Amendment. TRN advocates Catholics in Connecticut
take up arms and put down this tyranny by force ... If any state attorney,
police department or court thinks they're going to get uppity with us about
this, I suspect we have enough bullets to put them down,
too</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>June 10, 2009</STRONG>—James W. von Brunn, a
convicted felon and a “<A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/10/dc.museum.shooting.suspect/">hardcore
Neo-Nazi</A>,” walks into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington,
D.C. and shoots and kills a security guard. Von Brunn believed that
Western civilization was going to be replaced with a “<A
href="http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/10/von_brunn/index.html">ONE
WORLD ILLUMINATI GOVERNMENT</A>” that would “<A
href="http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/06/10/von_brunn/index.html">confiscate
private weapons</A>” in order to accomplish its
goals.<STRONG><BR></STRONG><BR><STRONG>June 24, 2009</STRONG>—Hal Turner, a
New Jersey resident and white supremacist blogger/radio host, is arrested
again after calling for the murder of three Republican-appointed jurists on
the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals who had issued a June 2 decision upholding
handgun restrictions in Chicago. Writing on his blog, Turner says, “<A
href="http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/06/hate_blogger_hal_turner_arrest.html">Let
me be the first to say this plainly: these judges deserve to be killed</A>,”
and includes photographs, phone numbers, work addresses, and room numbers of
the judges, as well as a map of Chicago’s federal courthouse which points out
its “anti-truck bomb” pylons. <BR><BR><STRONG>July 13, 2009</STRONG>—<A
href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7db_1247676436">Gilbert Ortez, Jr. kills
a police deputy in Chambers County, Texas, with an assault
rifle</A>. Police were responding to reports that Ortez or his wife had
fired shots at utility workers in the area. Police searching Ortez’s
mobile home after a 10-hour standoff find more than 100 explosive devices;
Nazi drawings and extremist literature; and several additional
firearms.<STRONG><BR><BR>July 15, 2009</STRONG>—Katherine Crabill, a
Republican candidate for the Virginia House of Delegates in the state’s 99th
District makes headlines by calling on Americans to resist the course
President Obama has set for the country. Appearing at a “Tea Party”
rally, Crabill quotes a 1775 speech by Patrick Henry and then states, “<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071604070.html">We
have a chance to fight this battle at the ballot box before we have to resort
to the bullet box. But that's the beauty of our Second Amendment right.
I am glad for all of us who enjoy the use of firearms for hunting.
But make no mistake. That was not the intent of the Founding
Fathers. Our Second Amendment right was to guard against tyranny</A>.”
This thought is reinforced on Crabill’s campaign website, where she
states the Second Amendment “<A
href="http://www.catherinecrabill.com/catherine_crabill_for_del/issues/">was
clearly intended for self defense as well as, and more specifically, to keep
the government on notice of an armed citizenry</A>.”<STRONG><BR><BR>July 31,
2009</STRONG>—On WWJB-AM in Hernando County, <A
href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1026150.ece">Florida,
talk radio host Bob Haa takes a call from a listener who mentions ammunition,
target practice, and Barack Obama</A>. Haa tells him not to waste his
ammunition on targets, to save it for the administration. Haa is later
visited by an agent for the Secret
Service.<STRONG></STRONG><STRONG><BR><BR>August 11, 2009</STRONG>—William
Kostric is filmed openly carrying a handgun outside of President Obama's
health care reform town hall meeting in New Hampshire. Kostric holds a
sign that reads, "IT IS TIME TO WATER THE TREE OF LIBERTY!" a reference to the
following Thomas Jefferson quote: "<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-horwitz/thomas-jefferson-and-the_b_273800.html">The
tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of
patriots and tyrants</A>."<STRONG><BR><BR>August 17, 2009</STRONG>—Chris
Broughton openly carries a handgun and AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle to a
health care rally in Phoenix, Arizona. Simultaneously, President Obama
addresses a VFW Convention across the street. In a video recorded that
day, Broughton states, “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63GiXzpfGhA">What do you think we did in
the revolution, in the American Revolution? The British weren't stealing
money from us for health care. They weren't taxing us the way they are now
back then. And what did we do? We forcefully kicked them out of our
country, and <STRONG>we will forcefully resist people imposing their will on
us through the strength of the majority with a vote</STRONG></A>.”<BR>
<P><STRONG><BR></STRONG><STRONG>August 25, 2009</STRONG>—During a GOP barbecue
in Twin Falls, Idaho, an audience member asks Rex Rammell, a candidate in the
2010 Idaho Republican Primary, a question about "Obama tags" during a
discussion about state-issued tags for wolf hunting. Rammell responds, "<A
href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2009/08/28/880461/idaho-gop-leaders-condemn-rammell.html">The
Obama tags? We'd buy some of those</A>." In a subsequent press release, he
adds, "<A
href="http://www.idahostatesman.com/2009/08/28/880461/idaho-gop-leaders-condemn-rammell.html">Anyone
who understands the law knows I was just joking, because Idaho has no
jurisdiction to issue hunting tags in Washington,
D.C.</A>"<BR><BR><STRONG>August 26, 2009</STRONG>—At a secessionist rally on
the state capitol steps in Austin, Texas, gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina
states that, "<A
href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#32635648">We
are aware that stepping off into secession may in fact be a bloody
war. We are aware. We understand that the tree of freedom is
occasionally watered with the blood of tyrants and
patriots</A>.”<BR><STRONG><BR>September 9, 2009</STRONG>—With President Barack
Obama at the U.S. Capitol to address a joint session of Congress on the
subject of health care reform, Joshua Bowman, 28, of Falls Church, Virginia,
attempts to drive his Honda Civic into a secure area near the
building. <A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/10/josh-bowman-man-with-gun-_n_282397.html">U.S.
Capitol Police stop him and, searching his vehicle, find a rifle, a shotgun,
and 500 rounds of ammunition</A>. He is arrested on weapons
charges.<BR><BR><STRONG>September 25-26, 2009</STRONG>—Kitty Werthmann, a
speaker at the “How to Take Back America” Conference in St. Louis, tells her
audience, “<A
href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/28/werthmann-nazism-socialism/">If we
had our guns [during the time of the Nazis’ reign in Germany], we would have
fought a bloody battle. So, keep your guns, and buy more guns, and buy
ammunition. Take back America. Don’t let them take the country into
Socialism. And I refer again, Hitler’s party was National
Socialism. And that’s what we are having here right now, which is
bordering on Marxism</A>.”<STRONG><BR><BR>September 28, 2009</STRONG>—Rep.
Paul Broun (R-GA), the Chairman of the Second Amendment Task Force in the U.S.
House of Representatives, calls House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a “<A
href="http://blogs.onlineathens.com/node/1425">domestic enemy of the
Constitution</A>” at a health care reform town hall
meeting.<BR><BR><STRONG>September 29, 2009</STRONG>—An <A
href="http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/pdf/newsmax-20090929-perry_coup.pdf">editorial</A>
at the Newsmax website calls for a military coup to oust President
Obama. <BR><BR><STRONG>September 30, 2009</STRONG>—The Michelangelo
Signorile Show, a talk radio program on Sirus, takes a call from “Jim” from
Oklahoma, who claims that he and 200 others are meeting weekly to stage a coup
against President Obama. Jim says they want to restore their "a right to
bear arms" and bring the country back to where it was 400 years ago, before
slavery was abolished.<BR><BR><STRONG>October 18-19, 2009</STRONG>—Reports
emerge that <A
href="http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/new-report-find-secret-service-overwhelmed-by-increased-threats.php">the
Secret Service has received an unprecedented number of death threats against
President Obama</A>. Ronald Kessler's account of presidential security,
<EM><A
href="http://www.amazon.com/Presidents-Secret-Service-Behind-Protect/dp/0307461351">In
the President's Secret Service</A></EM>, states that there has been a 400%
increase in such threats in comparison with Obama’s predecessor. Another
source of these reports is an August 5, 2009 study by the Congressional
Research Service which finds: “The [Secret] Service’s protection mission
has increased and become more ‘urgent’ due to the increase in terrorist
threats and the expanded arsenal of weapons that terrorists could use in an
assassination attempt or attacks on facilities.”<BR><BR><STRONG>October 21,
2009</STRONG>—<A
href="http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/nation/newark-security-guard-john-brek-arraigned-on-3-charges-for-threats-against-president-obama">John
Brek, a 55 year-old Newark Airport security guard, is arrested for making
terroristic threats against President Obama</A>. Authorities find 43
firearms while searching his home, including a stolen rifle. Brek, a
National Rifle Association member, is also found to be in possession of
illegal hollow point bullets.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 2009—</STRONG>Billboard
is erected on I-70 in Lafayette County, Missouri, that promotes "a citizens
guide to REVOLUTION." It urges Missourians to "LIVE FREE OR DIE"
and "PREPARE FOR WAR" with a corrupt government. The billboard
is highlighted at the <A
href="http://lafayettecountyrepublicans.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-i-70-billboard-replaces-famed.html">Lafayette
County Republicans website</A>.</P>
<P><STRONG>November 11-22, 2009—</STRONG>More than 100 delegates from across
the country attend a "Continental Congress" hosted by <A
href="http://www.wethepeoplefoundation.org/">We The People</A>. Attendees
include Neo-Confederate secessionists, "Common Law Court" enthusiasts,
adherents of the "Sovereign Citizens" movement, militia backers, and other
radicals. Planned at an earlier May meeting in Jekyll Island, the Congress
issues a document entitled the "<A
href="http://www.alamogordo2atf.com/AOF_20100128.pdf">Articles of Freedom</A>"
which declares that the federal government "<A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/midwifing-the-militias">now
threatens our Life, Liberty and Property through usurpations of the
Constitution</A>."<STRONG><BR><BR></STRONG><STRONG>November 29,
2009—</STRONG>Conservative web publisher Andrew Breitbart tweets, "<A
href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/200911290004">Capital punishment for Dr
James Hansen. Climategate is high treason</A>." Hansen, who heads the NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is a noted researcher on the effect of
greenhouse gas emissions and an activist who has called for public policies to
mitigate the effects of global warming.<BR><STRONG><BR>December 23,
2009</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Warren "Gator" Taylor takes three people
hostage at a federal post office in Wytheville, Virginia. He is armed with
four guns, including a .40-caliber Glock pistol, despite a criminal record
that includes convictions for lewd and lascivious beheavior with a 13 year-old
and attempted second-degree murder (Taylor shot his ex-wife three times in a
parking lot in 1993). Taylor fires at least three rounds before the stand-off
ends, including one at the station's fleeing postmaster. One of Taylor's
hostages reports that he was angry about taxes and "<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091225/ap_on_re_us/us_hostage_situation_post_office">the
government taking over the right to bear arms</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>January
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>A group of nearly 200 "extremely concerned
citizens" in Ravalli County, Montana, demand that local elected officials fill
out a "<A
href="http://ravallirepublic.com/123/militia_petition/petition.pdf">questionnaire</A>"
pledging to form a local militia, prohibit mandatory vaccinations, allow
citizens to bear any type of firearms they choose (including fully automatic
machine guns), and require federal government employees to get written
approval before approaching "any Citizen" in the county. The questionnaire is
organized in part by Celebrating Conservatism, a group with <A
href="http://missoulanews.bigskypress.com/IndyBlog/archives/2009/08/18/conservatismor-extremism">direct
ties to the militia movement</A>.<BR><STRONG><BR>January 2,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>More than 300 people attend a rally in
Alamogordo, New Mexico, organized by the local Otero Tea Party Patriots and <A
href="http://www.alamogordo2atf.org/">Second Amendment Task Force</A>. The
purpose of the rally is to protest health care reform, and many of the rally's
participants openly carry handguns and/or rifles. One attendee states that his
handgun is a “<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjVWifq4Kc">very open
threat</A>” to the “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjVWifq4Kc">socialist communists</A>” in
the Obama Administration. “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjVWifq4Kc">The government fears the
people, and a disarmed people are slaves</A>,” he says. “<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqjVWifq4Kc">Political power comes from
the barrel of a gun ... They’re pushing us to our
limits</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>January 12, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Mark
Campano of Cuyhaoga Falls, Ohio, pleads not guilty to charges of possessing
destructive devices not registered with the federal government. Law
enforcement are called to Campano's apartment in November 2009 after he
accidentally detonates a pipe bomb and loses parts of two fingers. They find
30 pipe bombs, 17 rifles and handguns, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in
the dwelling. Campano's next-door neighbor states, "<A
href="http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/11/law_enforcement_investigating.html">He
was always trying to get me and another neighbor to listen to anti-government
tapes and watch anti-government videos ... He was some kind of radical, and he
didn't believe in the government</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>January 12,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Charles Allan Dyer, 29, a former Marine with
ties to Tea Parties and far-right-wing organizations like <A
href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/">Oath Keepers</A>, is arrested at his home
on charges of raping a 7 year old-girl. Sheriff's deputies find several
firearms inside Dyer's home and a Colt M-203 40mm grenade launcher, which was
stolen from a military base in Fort Irwin, California, in 2006. Dyer had been
an organizer of militia groups in Oklahoma and told one interviewer, "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CNNiGwUDJs">I'm going to use my training
and become one of those domestic terrorists that you're so afraid of from the
[Department of Homeland Security (DHS)] reports</A>." In another video, Dyer
states, "<A
href="http://www.irehr.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43:tea-partying-militia-leader-arrested-for-rape-possessing-a-grenade-launcher&catid=9:news&Itemid=23">With
DHS blatantly calling patriots, veterans, and constitutionalists a threat, all
that I have to say is you’re damn right we're a threat. We're a threat to
anyone that endangers our rights and the Constitution of this
republic</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>February 9,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Gregory Girard of Manchester, Massachusetts, is
arrested for weapons charges after police find 20 firearms, thousands of
rounds of ammunition, and explosive devices in his home. Girard's wife says
that her husband recently told her, "<A
href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_041222314.html">Don't
talk to people, shoot them instead</A>." In a January 30 post at a popular
website affiliated with the Tea Party movement, Girard stated: "<A
href="http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2734278%3ABlogPost%3A154819&commentId=2734278%3AComment%3A154896&xg_source=activity">We
have been in a state of war and state of emergency of some time for decades
uninterupted ... The entire body of these War Powers and 'continuity of gov't'
plans render our concept of a Constitutional Republic to be little more than
thin veil of civility and justice layered over a monsterous, diabolic
dictatorship that would break out of political cage but for Americans
vigorously exercising their 2nd Amendment rights ... As it stands today at
start of 2010, there is never a time that our gov't would find itself without
some excuse, no matter how perverse, as the justification for unleashing their
murderous 'War Powers' monster upon the public, in an attempt to subject us to
tyranny</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>February 13, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>An
unidentified speaker at an event organized by the Lewis and Clark Tea Party
Patriots in Asotin County, Washington, tells the audience, "<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/17/idaho-tea-party-speaker-h_n_466261.html?ref=fb">How
many of you have watched the movie "Lonesome Dove"? What happened to Jake when
he ran with the wrong crowd? He got hung. And that's what I want to do with
[Democratic U.S. Senator] Patty Murray</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>February 18, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Joseph Stack of Austin,
Texas, flies a single-engine plane into an office building containing nearly
200 IRS employees, killing one and wounding 13. In a suicide note, Stack lays
out his grievances with the federal tax agency, stating, "<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/18/joe-stack-statement-alleg_n_467539.html?page=1">The
law 'requires' a signature on the bottom of a tax filing; yet no one can say
truthfully that they understand what they are signing; if that's not 'duress'
than what is. If this is not the measure of a totalitarian regime, nothing is
... Violence not only is the answer, it is the only
answer</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>February 19, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Johnny
Logan, Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, is arrested and charged with making
threats against the president after his poem titled "The Sniper" is found on
the website NaziSpace/NewSaxon.org by the U.S. Secret Service. The poem reads,
in part: "<A
href="http://www.wlky.com/download/2010/0219/22615404.pdf">As the tyrant
enters his cross hairs the breath he takes is deep. His focus is square on the
target as he begins to release. A patriot for his people he knows this shot
will cost his life. But for his race and their existence it is a small
sacrifice. The bullet that he has chambered is one of the purest pride. And
the inspiration on the casing reads DIE negro DIE. He breathes out as he pulls
the trigger releasing all his hate. And a smile appears upon his face as he
seals that monkey's fate. The bullet screams toward its mark bringing with it
death. And where there was once a face there is nothing left. Two blood
covered agents stare in horror and dismay. Looking down toward the ground
where their president now lay</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>February
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Pvt. 1st Class Lee Pary, an active duty soldier
at Fort Drum and member of <A href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/">Oath
Keepers</A>, tells a reporter that he and five fellow service members at the
Army base are preparing to take on the U.S. government when it declares
martial law, and will turn their guns on their fellow soldiers should it
become necessary. "<A
href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/oath-keepers">I know their
tactics</A>," says Pray. "<A
href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/03/oath-keepers">I know how
they...work their convoys—if we attack this vehicle, what the others will do
... If the government continues to ignore us, and forces us to engage, I'm
willing to fight to the death</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>March
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
announces that 2009 saw a dramatic increase in the number of new
anti-government "Patriot" groups in the United States. Specifically, <A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/spring/rage-on-the-right">the
number of Patriot groups jumped from 149 (including 42 militias) to 512 (127
of them militias) in 2009<STRONG>—</STRONG>a 244%
jump</A>.<BR><BR><STRONG>March 2, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>FOX News
commentator Bill O'Reilly, speaking about the <EM>McDonald v. Chicago
</EM>case before the Supreme Court, declares that plaintiff Otis McDonald's
inability to own a handgun in Chicago amounts to "<A
href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201003030001">tyranny</A>." Predicting
that four justices on the Court will side with the city of Chicago, O'Reilly
states, "<A href="http://mediamatters.org/research/201003030001">It's
interesting that in America today the far Left that wants the government to
call the shots, not the folks. In the past, Right-Wing extremists like Hitler
and Mussolini were in the forefront of state control. But with the exception
of Burma, today's totalitarians are primarily on the Left</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>March 4, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>John Patrick Bedell, a
California resident, travels to Arlington, Virginia, and opens fire on police
officers at the entrance to the Pentagon. Bedell is armed with two
semiautomatic firearms and "many [ammunition] magazines." Bedell injures two
officers before he is killed by return fire. Reports reveals Bedell to be a
Truther who believed that the U.S. government had been taken over by a
criminal organization in a 1963 coup. In an Internet posting, he writes, "<A
href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCKwXk17aAr3T_8Z9nN4iUwQPnngD9E8KP283">This
organization, like so many murderous governments throughout history, would see
the sacrifice of thousands of its citizens, in an event such as the September
11 attacks, as a small cost in order to perpetuate its barbaric
control</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>March 19-22, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>During consideration of
health care reform legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives, vandals
attack Democratic offices in Pleasant Ridge, Ohio; Wichita, Kansas; Tuscon,
Arizona; Niagra Falls, New York; and Rochester, New York. Mike Vanderboegh,
the former leader of f the Alabama Constitutional Militia, takes credit for
the violence after posting a blog on March 19 that states, "<A
href="http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/03/to-all-modern-sons-of-liberty-this-is.html">If
we break the windows of hundreds, thousands, of Democratic party headquarters
across this country, we might just make up enough of them to make defending
ourselves at the muzzle of a rifle unnecessary</A>." Several Democratic
members receive death threats, including Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), who is
told snipers will "<A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34907.html">kill the children
of the members who voted YES</A>"; Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI), who receives a
message saying, "<A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34907.html">You're dead; we
know where you live; we'll get you</A>"; and Rep. Betsy Markey (D-CO), whose
staffer is told by a caller, "<A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/markey-got-threatening-phone-calls-before-vote.php">Better
hope I don't run into you in a dark alley with a knife, a club or a gun</A>."
House Minority Leader John Boehner, speaking about Rep. Steve Driehaus (D-OH),
says he "<A href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34907.html">may be
a dead man</A>."<STRONG><BR><BR>March 21, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>As
the U.S. House of Representatives enters a final round of debate over a
controversial health care reform bill, Conservative blogger Solomon "Solly"
Forrell calls for the assassination of President Barack Obama on his Twitter
account. In two separate postings, Forrel writes, "<A
href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/the-secret-service-is-investigating-a-conservative-bloggers-oba/19408303/">ASSASSINATION!
America, we survived the #Assassinations of #Lincoln & #Kennedy. We'll
surely get over a bullet 2 #BarackObama's head! ... The next #American with a
#Clear #Shot should drop #Obama like a bad habit</A>."<BR><STRONG><BR>March
21, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Russell Laing, 52, is charged with
aggravated assault and making terroristic threats after a four-hour standoff
with police at his home in McCandless, Pennsylvania. Officers were responding
to a 911 call after Laing called a friend and said he couldn't walk. When
police responded to the call, Laing pointed an assault rifle at them and
cocked the weapon. After Laing was arrested, officers recovered approximately
150 guns and 15,000 rounds of ammunition from Laing's one-bedroom apartment.
"<A href="http://www.wpxi.com/news/22903086/detail.html">I can't explain it.
In my 40 years, I've not seen that type of collection</A>," said McCandless
Police Chief Gary Anderson.<BR><BR><STRONG>March 23,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>After Mike Troxel of the Lynchburg Tea Party
and Nigel Coleman of the Danville Tea Party post the home address of the
brother of Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) and urge supporters to "<A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34843.html">drop by</A>,"
someone <A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/35040.html">deliberately
cuts</A> a propane gas line at the house. Rep. Perriello is targeted by the
Tea Party activists because of his vote in favor of health care reform.
Perriello's brother and his wife have four children under the age of
eight.<BR><STRONG><BR>March 24, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>After voting
for health care reform legislation, <A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/stupak-receives-threatening-fax-with-drawing-of-noose.php">Rep.
Bart Stupak (D-MI)</A> and <A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/03/clyburn-says-photo-of-noose-faxed-to-his-office-after-hcr-vote-video.php">Rep.
James Clyburn (D-SC)</A> receive <SPAN class=jce_file>faxes</SPAN> with
drawings of nooses.<BR><BR><STRONG>March 25,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY), who voted for
health care reform legislation, receives a package containing white powder and
an angry letter telling him to "<A class=jce_file title="drop dead"
href="http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/White-Powder-Package-Sent-to-Congressman-Weiners-Office-89136827.html">drop
dead</A> ."<BR><BR><STRONG>March 26, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Rep. Vic
Snyder (D-AR), who voted for health care reform legislation, receives a letter
stating, "<A
href="http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=121037.54928.133165">It
is apparent that it will take a few assassinations to stop Obamacare. Militia
central has selected you for assassination. If we cannot stalk and find you in
Washington, D.C., we will get you in Little Rock</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>March
26, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>NRA Board Member Ted Nugent makes the
following comment on FOX News' "Your World" program: “<A
href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/4125942/nugent-new-independence-day-in-november?category_id=86858">I’m
the expert on the health care bill because I kill pigs and a just shot a
monster big pig here in Texas and seeing as how this is a pig bill created by
pig bureaucrats to help out American pigs … We gotta’ kill the
pig</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>March 29, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>A Northeast
Philadelphia man, Norman Leboon, is charged with threatening the life of
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA). Leboon, 38, is arrested by the FBI after
posting a YouTube video in which he referred to Cantor's family and
threatened,"<A
href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-the-fbi-busts-youtube-terrorists-in-under-a-day.ars">bulllets...will
be placed in your heads</A>." Leboon made hundreds of YouTube videos with
anti-government themes, and threatened others, including President Barack
Obama, the Democratic Leadership in Congress, and the Pope. Leboon has a long
history of mental illness, but <A
href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20100329_Phila__man_charged_with_threatening_GOP_congressman.html">was
able to obtain a concealed handgun permit in Pennsylvania</A>, which alarmed
his family.<BR><BR><STRONG>March 29, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Nine
members of the MIchigan-based "Hutaree" Christian militia are arrested and
charged with seditious conspiracy and attempting to deploy weapons of mass
destruction. The group had allegedly plotted to kill a law enforcement officer
and then detonate improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during the officer's
funeral procession. The group targeted federal officials, members of the law
enforcement "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032901541.html">brotherhood</A>"
and other participants in the "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/29/AR2010032901541.html">New
World Order</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>March 30,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Dozens of sitting governors receive letters
from an extremist anti-government group called the <A
href="http://guardiansofthefreerepublics.com/front-page.html">Guardians of the
Free Republics</A>. The letters demand that the governors leave office within
three days or "<A
href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/2136993,extremist-group-governors-removal-040210.article">they
will be removed</A>" from office. A page on the group's website entitled
"Rationale" reads, "<A
href="http://guardiansofthefreerepublics.com/rationale.html">For those who are
concerned about opening the door to satanic forces, permit me to reassure you.
The Guardian Elders deliberated with great sobriety the wisdom of sitting on
our hands while the march to World War III continues</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>April 1, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>CNN commentator Erick
Erickson, questioning the legality of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American
Community Survey (ACS), makes the following comment on WMAC-AM radio: “<A
href="http://www.macon.com/2010/04/06/1084164/erickson-draws-fire-for-gun-comment.html">We
have become, or are becoming, enslaved by the government ... I dare ‘em to try
to come throw me in jail. I dare ‘em to. [I’ll] pull out my wife’s shotgun and
see how that little ACS twerp likes being scared at the door. They’re not
going on my property</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>April 1-20,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Walter Fitzpatrick, a member of <A
href="http://americangrandjury.org/">American Grand Jury (AGJ)</A>, attempts
to effect a citizen's arrest on grand jury foreman Gary Pettway at the Monroe
County courthouse in Madisonville, Tennessee, and is arrested. Nineteen days
later, on the day that Fitzpatrick is scheduled to face trial, <A
href="http://oathkeepers.org/oath/">Oath Keepers</A> member Darren Huff is
pulled over by Tennessee state troopers as he attempts to drive to the
courthouse to arrest county officials he calls "<A
href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/right-wing_extremists_take_on_local_law_enforcemen.php?ref=mp">domestic
enemies of the United States engaged in treason</A>." Huff is armed with a
Colt-45 handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle with 300-400 rounds of ammunition.
He is indicted on federal charges of traveling in interstate commerce with
intent to incite a riot and transporting in commerce a firearm in furtherance
of a civil disorder.<BR><BR><STRONG>April 6,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Authorities charge Charles Alan Wilson of
Selah, Washington, with threatening a federal official after Wilson makes
several phone calls to the office of Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Wilson, a
concealed handgun permit holder in Washington, was angry about Sen. Murray's
vote for health care reform legislation and told her she had "<A
href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/417979_murray06.html">a target on her
back.</A>" He also told Murray, "<A
href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/417979_murray06.html?source=mypi">Since
you are going to put my life at risk, and some bureaucrat is going to
determine my health care, your life is at risk, dear ... I hope somebody puts
a...bullet between your...eyes</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>April 7,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Gregory Lee Giusti, 48, of San Francisco,
California, is arrested for making threatening phone calls to House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Giusti allegedly called Pelosi dozens of times, recited
her home address, and told her that if she wanted to see it again, she should
drop her support for health care reform legislation. Giusti had a "<A
href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201004070058">history of mental health
problems</A>" and his mother indicated he was influenced by "<A
href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201004070058">Fox News and all of those
that are really radical</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>April 7,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Brody James Whitaker, 37, is apprehended and
arrested on charges including two counts of aggravated assault on a law
enforcement officer, aggravated fleeing, and attempting to elude. The charges
stem from an incident on March 25, 2010 in which police attempted to pull
Whitaker over for a traffic violation on I-75 in Sumter County, Florida.
Whitaker led officers on a high-speed chase, fired shots at them from a 9mm
handgun, and escaped capture. During his arraignment hearing, Whitaker
questions the authority of the judge and states, "<A
href="http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-07/business/hc-manhunt-winsted-0406_1_troopers-state-police-bail">I
am a sovereign. I am not an American citizen</A>." <BR><BR><STRONG>April 10,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>At a "Second Amendment March" organized by the
<A href="http://www.ccdl.us/">Connecticut Citizens Defense League</A>, Martha
Dean, the Republican-endorsed candidate for Attorney General in Connecticut,
tells those in attendance, "<A
href="http://aconnecticutlawblog.com/2010/06/martha-deans-land-of-screwy-habits/">If
government is legitimate and truly is the voice of the people, it need never
fear the people themselves when they’re armed. Only a government that uses
secrecy and force to impose improper laws [to] which the people do not consent
need fear the wrath of its law-abiding citizens at the ballot box or,
ultimately, with arms … Our right of free speech and to back it up with arms
if necessary if our government becomes tyrannical and unjust as King George’s
was to the colonists are the most essential of the rights we as Americans have
... I will oppose all efforts to create nonsensical distinctions that are
nowhere supported by our constitutions between different types of firearms.
Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that the government gets the effective
firearms and the people the ineffective ones. Nowhere in our Constitution does
it say that the government gets the modern firearms and the citizens only get
the antiquated ones</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>April 13,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Reports surface that state Sen. Randy Brogdon
(R-OK) and Rep. Charles Key (R-OK) have met with Oklahoma Tea Party groups to
discuss the formation of a new "<A
href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0412/oklahomas-rightwing-lawmakers-aim-create-antifederal-militia/">volunteer
militia</A>" to defend against what they see as improprer federal
infringements on state sovereignty. Brogdon states that the Founding Fathers
"<A
href="http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0412/oklahomas-rightwing-lawmakers-aim-create-antifederal-militia/">were
not referring to a turkey shoot or a quail hunt. They really weren't even
talking about us having the ability to protect ourselves against each other.
The Second Amendment deals directly with the right of an individual to keep
and bear arms to protect themselves from an overreaching federal
government</A>." One Tea Party leader involved in these meetings, J.W. Berry
of the Tulsa-based OKforTea group, has called for the Militia to "<A
href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_TQvZwccGEcJ:www.okfortea.com/documents/NewsLetterNo4.doc+site:okfortea.com+militia&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us">launch
a thousand guerrilla attacks on the plans that these people have to ruin us
and our country</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>April 19,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Pro-gun activists conduct two rallies in the
Washington, D.C. area to demonstrate their opposition to an "<A
href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=36108">oppressive,
totalitarian government</A>." Among the featured speakers at the events are
current and former militia leaders and others with ties to extreme,
anti-government groups. The choice of date is significant, as April 19 marks
the anniversary of the first shots being fired in the American Revolution at
the Battle of Lexington/Concord, the fiery conclusion to the 1993 siege at
Waco, and the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City by Timothy
McVeigh. At the "Second Amendment March" in the District of Columbia, Larry
Pratt, the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, states, "<A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/19/second.amendment.rally/">We're in
a war. The other side knows they are at war, because they started it. They are
coming for our freedom, for our money, for our kids, for our property. They
are coming for everything because they are a bunch of Socialists</A>." Mike
Vanderboegh, who made national headlines after taking credit for several
instances of vandalism at Democratic offices following votes on health care
reform legislation, is the featured speaker at a rally in Fort Hunt National
Park in Virginia, where he tells attendees, "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRAJDVEpsdQ">Whenever the legislators
endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce
them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war
with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience ...
This is what the other side doesn’t understand! We are doing backing up! Done!
Not one more inch</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 4, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>A
questioner at a Heritage Foundation event asks speaker Rep. Eric Cantor the
question, "<A
href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/04/cantor-event-heritage/">In light of
what Obama has done to leave us vulnerable, to cut defense spending, to make
us vulnerable to outside enemies, and to slight our allies ... What would he
have to do differently to be defined as a domestic enemy?</A>" After smiling
and stating that "<A
href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/04/cantor-event-heritage/">no one
thinks that the president is a domestic enemy</A>," Cantor is booed by several
members of the audience.<BR><BR><STRONG>May 6,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Dr. Christina Jeffrey, a Republican candidate
in South Carolina's 4th Congressional District, posts a YouTube video where
she holds an AK-47 assault rifle and tells viewers, "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoHJihLaQBw">Why do we have the Second
Amendment? The Second Amendment ensures all of our other rights ... The Second
Amendment was placed in the Constitution, plainly, to ensure that our limited
government stayed limited and that we would be able to enforce those
limitations if need be ... We are a sovereign people. A sovereign people is an
armed people</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 15, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>At
the National Rifle Association's annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina,
2012 Republican presidential nominee hopeful Newt Gingrich tells the audience,
"<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/charlottewcnc-15750615/raw-video-newt-gingrich-speech-19869240;_ylt=AqiFpCtr9aIHoXoHhFkjPNuz174F;_ylu=X3oDMTEwazJwMzJvBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNjbGlwcwRzbGsDcmF3dmlkZW9uZXd0">The
Second Amendment is not in defense of hunting. It is not in defense of target
shooting. It is not in defense of collecting. The Second Amendment is in
defense of freedom from the State</A>." He goes on to make the following
reference to Thomas Jefferson's "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants" quote: "<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/video/charlottewcnc-15750615/raw-video-newt-gingrich-speech-19869240;_ylt=AqiFpCtr9aIHoXoHhFkjPNuz174F;_ylu=X3oDMTEwazJwMzJvBHBvcwM1BHNlYwNjbGlwcwRzbGsDcmF3dmlkZW9uZXd0">Anybody
who's historically honest has to admit [the Founding Fathers] understood the
right to bear arms because they routinely carried arms. These were tough
people in a tough time in a tough country doing tough things and the idea that
they would allow some D.C. city government or some Washington federal
bureaucrat to get between them and their Constitutional rights, they would
have said in Jefferson's terms was the legitimate justification for a
political revolution in every generation which was what Jefferson thought was
inevitable to clean out the corruption, the arrogance, and the obsolenscence
that government would invariably have</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 15,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Referring to a controversial new
anti-immigration law in Arizona, FOX News personality Glenn Beck tells the
2010 NRA Convention, "<A
href="http://www.watchglennbeck.com/video/appearances/Glenn-Beck-2010-NRA-Speech/">Let's
talk a minute about a 'well-regulated militia' and why you might need one
because the government isn't doing their job. Let's meet people in Texas,
Arizona and California</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 20,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG><A
href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/05/kane_west_memphis_arkansas_shootings.php">Jerry
Kane, Jr., 45, and his son Joseph Kane, 16, fatally shoot two Arkansas police
officers with AK-47 assault rifles during a routine traffic stop on Interstate
40 in West Memphis. The Kanes are killed during an exchange of gunfire with
police in a Walmart parking lot 90 minutes later</A>. Jerry Kane, an Ohio
resident and anti-government activist, had a long history with police and had
recently spent three days in jail for driving with an expired license plate
and no seat belt. Kane considered himself a "sovereign citizen" and ran a
business that centered on debt-avoidance scams.<BR><BR><STRONG>May 27,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>The <EM>Washington Times</EM> publishes an
editorial claiming that a United Nations treaty seeking to curb the
international, illicit trade in smalls arms "<A
href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/27/the-un-gun-grabber/">would
necessarily lead to confication of personal firearms</A>" in the United
States. The editorial goes on to say, "<A
href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/27/the-un-gun-grabber/">Not
all insurgencies are bad. As U.S. history shows, one way to get rid of a
despotic regime is to rise up against it. That threat is why authoritarian
regimes such as Syria, Cuba, Rwanda, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and Sierra Leone
endorse gun control ... Governments are a bigger threat to most people than
their neighbors</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 30,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Sharron Angle, a candidate for the Republican
nomination for U.S. Senator in Nevada, tells the <EM>Reno Gazette-Journal</EM>
that a recent increase in gun sales nationwide "<A
href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20100530/NEWS19/5300350/1232/Sharron-Angle-s-conservative-credentials-wins-support-of-activist-army">tells
me that the nation is arming. What are they arming for if it isn't that they
are so distrustful of government? They're afraid they'll have to fight for
their liberty in more Second Amendment kinds of ways</A>." These comments echo
ones made by Angle in January, when she told conservative radio show talk host
Lars Larson, "<A
href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/06/sharron_angle_floated_possibil.html">You
know, our Founding Fathers, they put that Second Amendment in there for a good
reason and that was for the people to protect themselves against a tyrannical
government. And in fact Thomas Jefferson said it's good for a country to have
a revolution every 20 years. I hope that's not where we're going, but, you
know, if this Congress keeps going the way it is, people are really looking
toward those Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do
to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is
take [U.S. Senator from Nevada] Harry Reid out</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>May 31,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG><A href="http://oathkeepers.org/">Oath
Keeper</A> Rex Nichols, a candidate for sheriff in Montana's Lincoln County,
makes reference to federal agents' standoffs at Ruby Ridge in 1992 and Waco in
1993 and promises to keep them out of the county if elected. "<A
href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBaWAQ_JhXPNbueFC6eg2sV0tYwAD9G1OBU80">I
am going to take my deputies and stand in the middle of the road and tell them
to get the hell out</A>," says Nichols. "<A
href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBaWAQ_JhXPNbueFC6eg2sV0tYwAD9G1OBU80">And
if they want a war, they got it</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>June 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Rick Barber, a Tea Party
candidate seeking the Republican nomination in Alabama's Second Congressional
District, runs a campaign ad in which he dicusses contemporary political
issues with America's Founding Fathers. After Barber states "<A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/alabama-tea-partier-defends-gather-your-armies-tv-ad-video.php?ref=fpa">I
would impeach him</A>" and rails about the "<A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/alabama-tea-partier-defends-gather-your-armies-tv-ad-video.php?ref=fpa">progressive
income tax</A>," the Internal Revenue Service, and health care reform, a
Founding Father replies, "<A
href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/alabama-tea-partier-defends-gather-your-armies-tv-ad-video.php?ref=fpa">Gather
your armies</A>." Several Founding Fathers are depicted as being armed with
pistols.<BR><STRONG><BR>June 9, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Addressing the
Obama administration and the Democratic-controlled Congress, FOX commentator
Glenn Beck says, "<A href="http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201101220005">Tea
parties believe in small government. We believe in returning to the principles
of our Founding Fathers. We respect them. We revere them. Shoot me in the head
before I stop talking about the Founders. Shoot me in the head if you try to
change our government. I will stand against you and so will millions of
others. We believe in something. You in the media and most in Washington
don't. The radicals that you and Washington have co-opted and brought in
wearing sheep's clothing—change the pose. You will get the ends. You've been
using them? They believe in communism. They believe and have called for a
revolution. You're going to have to shoot them in the
head</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>June 9, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Justine
Haynes, 31, of Phoenix is charged with threatening to kill a federal official
after making two calls to the office of U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ). Haynes
was incensed over Grijalva's opposition to Arizona's controversial new
immigration law and threatened to come to the Congressman's office and “<A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36281.html">blow everyone's
head off</A>."<BR><STRONG><BR></STRONG><STRONG>June 27,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Rick Barber, a Tea Party candidate seeking the
Republican nomination in Alabama's Second Congressional District, runs a
campaign ad in which he compares taxation and "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn14RwuJJRg">the tyrannical health care
bill</A>" to slavery and the extermination of Jews in Nazi Germany. "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn14RwuJJRg">We live in perilous times
... We are all becoming slaves to our government</A>," Barber warns. The "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn14RwuJJRg">army of voters</A>" depicted
in the ad includes individuals who are openly armed with guns. In a follow-up
editorial in the <EM>Washington Post</EM>, Barber makes reference to "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070904257.html">the
possibility of evil conducted on a grand scale</A>" and states, "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070904257.html">Totalitarianism
doesn't come all at once ... The road to serfdom is a long one, but I fear
that we are well on the way</A>." <BR><BR><STRONG>July 2,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>The Wyoming Department of Revenue suspends
sales tax collections at the state's gun shows because of "<A
href="http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8ca58b45-3fd5-5dec-9ed4-8552bf189280.html">increasing
animosity</A>" toward field tax agents. Dan Noble, director of the
department's Excise Tax Division, cites one particular incident at a gun show
that "crossed the line" and says, "<A
href="http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_8ca58b45-3fd5-5dec-9ed4-8552bf189280.html">We
tend to have more trouble at gun shows than any place ... I have 10 field reps
throughout the state, and every one of them has experienced some animosity ...
I don't want to put my people at risk</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>July 3,
2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Joyce Kaufman, a conservative radio hosts on
WFTL in Florida, tells a crowd of supporters at a Fort Lauderdale Tea Party
event, “<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7g3y597fs">I am convinced
that the most important thing the Founding Fathers did to ensure me my First
Amendments rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots don’t
work, bullets will. This is the standoff. When I say I’ll put my microphone
down on November 2nd if we haven’t achieved substantial victory, I mean it.
Because if at that point I’m going to up into the hills of Kentucky, I’m going
to go out into the Midwest, I’m going to go up in the Vermont and New
Hampshire outreaches and I’m going to gather together men and women who
understand that some things are worth fighting for and some things are worth
dying for</A>.”<BR><BR><STRONG>July 6, 2010</STRONG><STRONG>—</STRONG>Herb
Titus, a lawyer for <A href="http://gunowners.org/">Gun Owners of America</A>,
tells <EM>Religion Dispatches</EM>, "<A
href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2910/gun_ownership%3A_%E2%80%98an_obligation_to_god%E2%80%99/">If
you have a people that has basically been disarmed by the civil government,
then there really isn't any effectual means available to the people to restore
law and liberty and that's really the purpose of the right to keep and bear
arms—is to defend yourself against a tyrant</A>." Titus goes on to cite
the "<A
href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2910/gun_ownership%3A_%E2%80%98an_obligation_to_god%E2%80%99/">totalitarian
threat</A>" posed by "<A
href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2910/gun_ownership%3A_%E2%80%98an_obligation_to_god%E2%80%99/">Obamacare</A>"
and "<A
href="http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/2910/gun_ownership%3A_%E2%80%98an_obligation_to_god%E2%80%99/">what
Sarah Palin said about the death panels</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>July 11,
2010—</STRONG><A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAGdoBcnjWQ">Supporters
of Tea Party candidate Joe Miller openly carry assault rifles and handguns
during a community parade in Eagle River and Chugiak, Alaska, while young
children march alongside them</A>. Miller, who is running against Senator Lisa
Murkowski in the Republican primary, was endorsed by former Alaska governor
Sarah Palin, who described him as a “<A
href="http://community.adn.com/node/151885">true Commonsense Constitutional
Conservative</A>.” <BR><BR><STRONG>July 18, 2010—</STRONG>California Highway
Patrol officers arrest Byron Williams, 45, after a shootout on I-580 in which
more than 60 rounds are fired. Officers had pulled Williams over in his
pick-up for speeding and weaving in and out of traffic when he opened fire on
them with a handgun and a long gun. Williams, a convicted felon, is shot
several times, but survives because he is wearing body armor. Williams, a
convicted felon, reveals that he was on his way to San Francisco to "<A
href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/21/MNMN1EHB37.DTL">start
a revolution</A>" by killing employees of the ACLU and Tides Foundation.
Williams' mother says her son was angry at "<A
href="http://www.alan.com/2010/07/19/oakland-police-stop-suspected-right-wing-terrorist-who-was-angry-at-left-wing-politicians/">Left-wing
politicians</A>" and upset by "<A
href="http://www.alan.com/2010/07/19/oakland-police-stop-suspected-right-wing-terrorist-who-was-angry-at-left-wing-politicians/">the
way Congress was railroading through all these Left-wing agenda
items</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>July 26, 2010—</STRONG>A proposed ordinance that
would prohibit residents from firing air rifles and other low-powered weapons
within 500 feet of a building (unless fired in a target range) is pulled from
consideration in Exeter Township, Pennsylvania, after the Board of Supervisors
receives a number of angry and threatening phone calls from gun owners. Citing
a National Rifle Association "Action Alert" that claimed Exeter supervisors
were "<A href="http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=237176">consider[ing] a
broad and overreaching attack on our Second Amendment freedoms</A>," Exeter
Township Police Chief Christopher Neidert says, "<A
href="http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=237176">This was totally false
information that was put out. The anger was building, and I was concerned that
someone might actually get hurt</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>July 28,
2010—</STRONG>U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) shuts down his district office in
Yuma after staff members discover a bullet hole in one of the office's
windows. Authorities also <A
href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40423.html">report</A> that
U.S. Judge Susan Bolton receives hundreds of threats at her Phoenix offices
after issuing an injunction on Arizona's controversial new immigration
law.<BR><BR><STRONG>July 29, 2010—</STRONG>Jack Dailey, the founder of the
Appleseed Project (which is dedicated to teaching every American how to fire a
bullet through a man-size target out to 500 yards), explains that Americans
should own an AR-15 assault rifle "<A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01Appleseed-t.html?pagewanted=all">because
they want to tell us what to do. And we don't want them to tell us what to
do</A>." James Faire, an Appleseed trainer, states that, "<A
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01Appleseed-t.html?pagewanted=all">the
government has quite literally become tyrannical. It is fulfilling the
principles outlined in <EM>The Communist Manifesto</EM>. It's completely out
of control from city to state to federal to international law. All predicate
their existence on plundering the individual and his rights. The only thing to
do now is to organize citizens into a militia to abolish this
government</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>July 30, 2010—</STRONG>Camp Hill prison guard
Raymond Peake, 64, is charged with robbery and the murder of Todd Getgen.
Peake allegedly shot Getgen to death at a local shooting range and stole
Getgen's custom, silenced AR-15 rifle. Investigators follow Peake to a storage
unit when they find three firearms: Getgen's AR-15 rifle, a scoped Remington
rifle that had been reported stolen from the range in May, and a second AR-15
rifle. Thomas Tuso is also arrested and charged with conspiracy, receiving
stolen property and other crimes. Peake tells police that he and Tuso had been
stealing guns "<A
href="http://www.whptv.com/mostpopular/story/UPDATE-Guards-charged-in-shooting-suspended/T7TywdSx-0efWskrT3nupg.cspx">for
the purpose of overthrowing the federal government</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>August
14, 2010—</STRONG>Former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack—who gained fame in
anti-government circles by joining a mid-1990s lawsuit against the federal
government over the Brady Bill requirement that state law enforcement agencies
conduct background checks on gun purchasers—tells those in attendance at the
American Policy Center's 2010 Freedom Action Natonal Conference, "<A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/winter/-willing-to-kill-in-gatherings-over-t">My
dear friends, I pray for the day that the first sheriff in this country is the
one to fire the shot heard 'round the world and take out some IRS
agents!</A>"<BR><BR><STRONG>August 17, 2010—</STRONG>Patrick Gray Sharp, 29,
opens fire on the Department of Public Safety in McKinney, Texas, and
unsuccessfully attempts to ignite gasoline and ammonium nitrate in a trailer
hitched to his truck. Sharp is armed with an assault rifle, a .45-caliber
semiautomatic pistol, and a 12-gauge shotgun. He is killed after an exchange
of gunfire with police arriving on the scene. Miraculously, no one else is
hurt. Sharp's roommate, Eric McClellan describes him as "<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100818/ap_on_re_us/us_police_station_shooting">a
great guy</A>" and states, "<A
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100818/ap_on_re_us/us_police_station_shooting">We're
Texans. We have a right to bear arms</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>August 19,
2010—</STRONG>Josiah Fornof, 30, of Pasco County, Florida, is arrested after
threatening to "<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAcwXt1-hso">bear arms
against</A>" local law enforcement officers who were trying to serve him with
a warrant. Authorities recover a letter that Fornof had tried to serve the
deputies with, which reads, "<A
href="http://suncoastpasco.tbo.com/content/2010/aug/19/feds-pasco-man-vowed-bear-arms-against-deputies/">I
have the right to bear arms against such unlawful entities, up to and
including the President of the United States, that are coming against me
unlawfully, lethally, and genocidally</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>August 23,
2010—</STRONG><A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/24/facing-foreclosure-man-br_1_n_692749.html">Thomas
Pidgeon is arrested after he attempts to bring a fully loaded .45-caliber
handgun into a Cook County courthouse</A>. Pidegon was supposed to attend a
foreclosure hearing that day. His home was to be sold to a lender in North
Carolina after New York-based BNY Mellon filed an action against him in the
county.<BR><BR><STRONG>September 1, 2010—</STRONG>James Jay Lee, 43, takes
hostages at the Discovery Communications building in Silver Spring, Maryland,
while armed with two starter pistols and four improvised explosived devices.
After pointing a gun at one of the hostages, he is shot and killed by police.
Lee, a radical environmental activist, had previously issued 11 demands
through a <A href="http://savetheplanetprotest.com/">webpage</A> that
Discovery was to meet "immediately." The demands involved the content of
programming on the Discovery Channel. Lee had also declared on his MySpace
page, "It's time for REVOLUTION!!!"<BR><BR><STRONG>September 13,
2010—</STRONG>Police stop Richard Scott McLeod, 48, for a traffic violation in
Webberville, Michigan, and upon searching his vehicle, discover bumper
stickers quoting Adolf Hitler, a picture of President Barack Obama, a loaded
handgun, a bullet-proof vest, and bomb-making materials. McLeod is arrested
and charged with illegally carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful possession
of body armor. McLeod tells officers that he is a member of the Michigan
Militia. The group denies any relationship with
McLeod<BR><STRONG><BR>September 16, 2010—</STRONG>Patricia Stoneking, the
President of the Kansas State Rifle Association, tells Fox News, "<A
href="http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/16/second-2nd-amendment-kansas-initiative-would-reaffirm-right-bear-arms">People
need to arm themselves, We have the right to put limits on our government, and
that's what [the Second Amendment] does</A>." Explaining why America's
Founding Fathers drafted the amendment, she says, "<A
href="http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/09/16/second-2nd-amendment-kansas-initiative-would-reaffirm-right-bear-arms">They
knew government could become tyrannical. We have the right to defend ourselves
from a rogue government</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>September 30, 2010—</STRONG>Kevin
Terrell, a self-described "colonel" who founded a group of "freedom fighters"
in Kentucky, predicts war with "<A
href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html">the
jackbooted thugs</A>" of Washington within a year. Referring to the arrest of
Hutaree militia members earlier in the year, Terrell says, "<A
href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516,00.html">There
was a lot of citizens out there in the bushes, locked and loaded. It's only
due to miracles I do not understand that civil war did not break out right
there</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>September 30, 2010—</STRONG>Steve Kendley, a deputy
sheriff running for sheriff in Lake County, Montana, threatens "<A
href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516-5,00.html">a
violent conflict</A>" with federal agents if "<A
href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2022516-5,00.html">they
are doing something I believe is unconstitutional</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>October
15, 2010—</STRONG>Conservative radio show host Glenn Beck lays out a
hypothetical scenario on the air where the government is considering taking
his children because he refused to have them receive a mandatory flu vaccine.
Beck tells his audience that his response to the government would be "<A
href="http://mediamatters.org/blog/201010150025">Meet Mr. Smith and Mr.
Wesson</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>October 21, 2010—</STRONG>Pastor Stephen Broden,
the Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in Texas' 30th Congressional
District, tells WFAA-TV in Dallas that the violent overthrow of the government
is an "<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBkWj4YVSs">option</A>" that
remains "<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBkWj4YVSs">on the
table</A>." "<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBkWj4YVSs">Our
nation was founded on violence</A>," states Broden. "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqBkWj4YVSs">I don't think that we should
ever remove anything from the table as it relates to our liberties and our
freedoms</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>October 22, 2010—</STRONG>Texas Department of
Corrections officers searching for a missing person, Gill Clements, 69, are
confronted by a neighbor while on Clements' property in Henderson County.
Howard Tod Granger, 46, points an AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifle at one of
the officers, who recalls, "<A
href="http://www.athensreview.com/breakingnews/x1149338339/Former-Gov-son-found-dead">He
told us to get off the property or he would kill us all</A>." Later that
afternoon, officers return to Granger's home with a search warrant and an
armored vehicle filled with 13 SWAT members. Granger opens fire on the
vehicle, discharging at least 30 rounds before authorities shoot and kill him.
Police find guns and "<A
href="http://www.athensreview.com/breakingnews/x1149338339/Former-Gov-son-found-dead">many
rounds of ammunition</A>" in Granger's house. They also find the body of
Clements, buried in a shallow grave on Granger's
property.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 2, 2010—</STRONG>On Election Night,
supporters of Republican congressional candidate Nick Popaditch shout down and
physically confront Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA) and his staff as they exit Golden
Hall in San Diego following the announcment of Filner's victory in the race.
"<A
href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/an-unbelievable-video-of-...political-madness/69530/">You're
a damn liar. You should be ashamed of yourself</A>," Popaditch tells Filner,
leading the mob. Other Popaditch supporters yell "<A
href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/an-unbelievable-video-of-...political-madness/69530/">You're
a scumbag!</A>" "<A
href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/an-unbelievable-video-of-...political-madness/69530/">Jew!</A>"
and "<A
href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/an-unbelievable-video-of-...political-madness/69530/">Don't
tread on me, Bob!</A>" Another Popaditch supporter punches a Filner campaign
staffer in the face.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 3, 2010—</STRONG>James Patock,
66, of Pima County, Arizona, is arrested on the National Mall in the District
of Columbia after law enforcement authorities find a .223 caliber rifle, a
.243 caliber rifle barrel, a .22 caliber rifle, a .357 caliber pistol, several
boxes of ammunition, and propane tanks wired to four car batteries in his
truck and trailer. Patock former neighbor in Arizona reported that, "<A
href="http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=13448240">He hated the
president. He hated everything. He said if he got a chance he would shoot the
president</A>." <A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/04/AR2010110407609.html">Patock
tells authorities he is a member of the National Rifle
Association</A>.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 4, 2010—</STRONG>On his radio show,
conservative host Glenn Beck fantasizes about President Obama being
decapitated during a trip to India, saying, "<A
href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/beck-fantasizes-obama-beheaded-leaving-islam/">If
anybody thinks he was a Muslim over here, well God forbid, they think he was a
Muslim over there because he left his religion for Christianity, death
sentence, behead him</A>.” Beck then tells his listeners that "<A
href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/beck-fantasizes-obama-beheaded-leaving-islam/">God
forbid</A>" this should happen, as there would be a "<A
href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/beck-fantasizes-obama-beheaded-leaving-islam/">New
World Order</A>" overnight in the United States.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 4,
2010—</STRONG>Fox News host Bill O'Reilly fantasizes about killing a
Washington Post reporter while on the air, saying, "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/09/AR2010110906643.html">Does
sharia law say we can behead Dana Milbank?</A>" O'Reilly also tells co-host
Megyn Kelly, "<A
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/09/AR2010110906643.html">I
think you and I should go and beat him up</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>November 9,
2010—</STRONG>U.S. Representative-Elect Allen West of Florida's 22nd
Congressional District hires conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman
as his Chief of Staff. On July 3, Kaufman told a crowd of Tea Party
supporters, “<A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7g3y597fs">I am
convinced that the most important thing the Founding Fathers did to ensure me
my First Amendments rights was they gave me a Second Amendment. And if ballots
don’t work, bullets will</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>November 9,
2010—</STRONG>Concealed handgun permit holder George Thomas Lee, 69, of
Walhalla, South Carolina, is arrested on the town's main street for
disseminating and promoting obscenity by bearing signs "<A
href="http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/nov/17/walhalla-protestor-requests-jury-trial/">laden
with expletives and taking aim at U.S. foreign policy, President Barack Obama,
blacks in general, Jews and the nation of Israel</A>." Officers also seize
literature from Lee that details "<A
href="http://www.independentmail.com/news/2010/nov/17/walhalla-protestor-requests-jury-trial/">the
most expedient means of killing law enforcement officers</A>." The November 9
arrest follows an October 19 arrest for assault after Lee kicked and swung his
signs at a group of girls between the ages of 12 and
14.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 10, 2010—</STRONG>Public schools in Broward
County, Florida, go into lockdown after an email threat is received by WFTL
850 AM. The email is sent to conservative radio host Joyce Kaufman in response
to remarks she made at a Tea Party event in July ("<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB7g3y597fs">If ballots don't work,
bullets will</A>"). The email expresses support for her view of the Second
Amendment and says that to further "<A
href="http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Possible-Suspect-Questioned-in-Massive-School-Lockdown-Threat-107271123.html">their
cause...something big will happen at a government building in Broward County,
maybe a post office maybe even a school</A>." A phone call is then received at
the station, allegedly from the emailer's wife, warning that he is preparing
to go to a Pembroke Pines school and open fire.<BR><BR><STRONG>November 23,
2010—</STRONG>Larry Pratt, the Executive Director of Gun Owners of America,
writes an editorial in <EM>The Register Citizen</EM> in which he calls for
state and county sheriffs to organize large, armed "posses" as "<A
href="http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2010/11/23/opinion/doc4ceb3b593f453721919056.txt">a
check on the unconstitutional exercise of federal
power</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>November 29, 2010—</STRONG>U.S. Rep. Joe Barton
(R-TX), the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee,
circulates a PowerPoint presentation to his colleagues in which he compares
the Obama administration to the Nazi regime in Germany and likens himself to
Gen. George Patton, bragging, "<A
href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/powerful-republican-calls-assassination-president-obama/">Put
anything in my scope and I will shoot it</A>."<BR><BR><STRONG>December 3,
2010—</STRONG>At "Roe & Roeper's Miracle on Indianapolis Blvd. Holiday
Extravaganza" promoting "Toys 4 Tots" in Chicago, Illinois, actor R. Lee Emery
(famous for his depiction of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in "Full Metal Jacket")
tells those in attendance, "<A
href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/01/full-metal-jacket-drill-instructor-apologizes-calling-americans-rise-up-obama/">The
economy really sucks. Now I hate to point fingers at anybody, but the present
administration probably has a lot to do with that. And the way I see it,
they're not gonna quit doing it until they bring this country to its
knees<SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">.
</SPAN>So I think we should all rise up and we should stop this administration
from what they're doing because they're destroying this country. They're
driving us into bankruptcy so that they can impose socialism on us</A>."</P>
<P><STRONG>December 31, 2010—</STRONG>An anonymous threat is posted in the
"Rants and Raves" section of the Anchorage Craigslist against Andree McLeod, a
citizen activist who has requested—under Alaska’s Open Records
Act—work-related emails that Sarah Palin sent and received while governor of
the state. The threat states, "<A
href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/death-threat-palin-critic">I
think Andre has used up to much oxygen. So I have my scope cross hair on her
head! She better watch out, the request may have been her last</A>." The
Anchorage Police trace the message to the AOL account of an Anchorage woman in
her 50s, but neglect to verify if she is the one who is responsible for
it.<BR><STRONG><BR></STRONG><STRONG>January 6, 2011—</STRONG>John Troy Davis,
44, is arrested after threatening to set fire to the office of Sen. Michael
Bennet (D-CO) and shoot members of his staff. The threat comes when Davis
calls Bennet's office to complain about his Social Security benefits, telling
a staffer that he is schizophrenic and "<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/john-troy-davis-facing-as_n_806928.html">may
go to terrorism</A>." "<A
href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/john-troy-davis-facing-as_n_806928.html">I'm
just going to come down there and shoot you all</A>," he declares. Davis is
charged with assault on a federal employee.<BR><BR><STRONG>January 8,
2011—</STRONG>Jared Lee Loughner, 22, shoots U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
(D-AZ) and 19 others at a "Congress in Your Corner" event at a Safeway
supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. He kills six, including federal judge John
Roll, and wounds 14, including Giffords, who is shot in the head. Loughner has
an extensive history of mental illness and substance abuse, yet is able to
purchase two handguns and a high-capacity ammunition magazine legally at
Sportsman's Warehouse on November 30, 2010. In a YouTube video posted in
December 2010, Loughner states, "<A
href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Classitup10">You don’t have to accept the
federalist laws ... Nonetheless, read the United States of America’s
Constitution to apprehend all of the current treasonous
laws</A>."</P><STRONG>January 8, 2011—</STRONG>Fearing violence from tea party
activists, Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller,
Secretary Sophia Johnson, First Vice Chairman Roger Dickinson, and former
district spokesman Jeff Kolb resign from their positions. "<A
href="http://www.azcentral.com/community/ahwatukee/articles/2011/01/11/20110111gabrielle-giffords-arizona-shooting-resignations.html">I
don't want to take a bullet for anyone</A>," says Miller, who cites verbal
attacks and threatening blog posts from tea party members upset with the fact
that he is a former campaign worker for U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Miller
also reports an incident in which a detractor made his hand into the shape of
a gun and pointed it at him.<BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:55 PM, lfalen <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:lfalen@turbonet.com">lfalen@turbonet.com</A>></SPAN>
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Your
arguments would have more veracity if you named people on both the right and
the left, but you continue to harp on only Palin and the Tea Party. Talk
about hate speech, no one has been on the receiving end of it more than
Palin. She has been hanged in effigy. Do you condone that? I suspect
that if she were to be assassinated there would be very little condemnation
of it from the left. Most likely the comments would be "good riddance" or
"she had it coming".<BR>Roger<BR>
<DIV class=im>-----Original message-----<BR>From: Joe Campbell <A
href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">philosopher.joe@gmail.com</A><BR>Date:
Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:12:59 -0800<BR>To: Dan Carscallen <A
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</A><BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] that Jared guy and mental health<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=h5>> Dan writes, in regard to the AZ shooting: "This can’t be
blamed on rhetoric,<BR>> nor on extremists from either side of the aisle.
The blame lays solely on a<BR>> sick man who obviously needs help.
And, perhaps, the “blame” lays on the<BR>> freedom we enjoy by
being citizens of the United States of America."<BR>><BR>> First, no
one on the V at least "blamed" the shooting on rhetoric, or Palin,<BR>>
or anyone, or anything. No one that I know who has talked about the<BR>>
connection between violent rhetoric (or gun control, etc.) and the
AZ<BR>> shooting has used "blame" talk. So let's get that
straight.<BR>><BR>> Rather than talk about "blame" for or even
"causes" of the shooting, let's<BR>> talk about "explanations" for the
shooting. Why did it happen? What can we<BR>> do to prevent shootings
like this from happening in the future? Your opinion<BR>> seems to be
that we can't do anything, that shootings like this just happen<BR>> for
NO reason whatsoever -- or they happen in societies that have the
kinds<BR>> of "freedoms" that our society has. That we should accept them
because we<BR>> can't do anything about it, unless we want to deprive
people of their<BR>> "freedoms."<BR>><BR>> Sorry but that seems a
little too fatalistic and cynical for my tastes. I<BR>> think we CAN do
something about these kind of shootings. What can we do? I<BR>> don't
know. I'd prefer to talk about it, though, see if there are some<BR>>
possible solutions. I'm not claiming to have the solution, I'm just
claiming<BR>> that we can do something if we put our minds to it and come
up with a plan.<BR>><BR>> The claim that violent rhetoric and gun laws
and even Palin's poster have<BR>> NOTHING to do with the shooting, that
the explanation for the shooting is<BR>> unrelated to the overinflated,
violent rhetoric of the right and others, is<BR>> an extreme claim.
Issues of explanation are empirical issues. You have to<BR>> back up such
an extreme claim -- a claim like the claim that violent<BR>> rhetoric has
NOTHING to do with violence in America. Here are a few reasons<BR>> why I
think you can't back that claim up.<BR>><BR>> You'll have to explain
why there is more violence in American than in almost<BR>> any other
country; why the violent rhetoric apparently works when it comes<BR>> to
getting people to vote (Tea Party candidates had some level of success
in<BR>> the last election; anti-gay propaganda was a huge part of
Republican<BR>> victories during the last Bush era) yet has NO other
impact on human<BR>> behavior; why a lot of the violence from "lunatics"
is directed toward folks<BR>> on the left (as well as gays, Muslims,
etc.). Now if you have the<BR>> explanation, please give it -- please
explain why you're so certain that<BR>> there is NO connection between
violent rhetoric and actual violence. I'm<BR>> pretty sure you have no
formal training in psychology or sociology, so I'm<BR>> unsure what your
basis is. I don't think the explanation has anything to<BR>> with our
"freedoms." I don't think the vision of a society that is both free<BR>>
and nonviolent is an absurdity.<BR>><BR>> I think it is clear that
there is SOME connection between violent rhetoric<BR>> and actual
violence. The real questions are how much of a connection is<BR>> there
(what is the nature of the connection) and what can we do about it?
I<BR>> refuse to think that "Nothing" is a good answer.<BR>><BR>>
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Dan Carscallen <<A
href="mailto:areaman@moscow.com">areaman@moscow.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>> > Vizzz peeps,<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > We live in a free society. One of the prices we pay
for living here is<BR>> > that there are some loonballs running around
who could snap at any minute> Should they be? Probably not, but who
is to say when and how these folks<BR>> > should be rounded up and
treated? Sure, I think all of us can talk about<BR>> > the guy
in our neighborhood that seems a little sketchy, but what are we<BR>>
> supposed to do? Call the cops and have them haul him in because
he doesn’t<BR>> > fit society’s norm? I think there are a lot of
folks, right here on the<BR>> > Vizzz even, that don’t necessarily
follow the “norm”. But we go along and<BR>> > live our lives in
our free society.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> > The
media talked to this Jared guy’s neighbors, and they said “yes, he<BR>>
> seemed like a nutjob”, but what were they to do? They watched
him, kept<BR>> > their distance, stayed as vigilant as they could.
Unfortunately, he<BR>> > “slipped through the cracks”.
Should he have been prevented from buying a<BR>> > pistol?
Maybe, but in a free society, how? He wasn’t a convicted felon,
he<BR>> > answered all the questions properly, and he paid his money.
It’s not a<BR>> > speedy process, no matter who or where you
are. Even with a concealed<BR>> > weapon permit, and a
pre-checked background, it’s not quick by any means.<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> ><BR>> > This can’t be blamed on rhetoric, nor on
extremists from either side of the<BR>> > aisle. The blame lays
solely on a sick man who obviously needs help. And,<BR>> >
perhaps, the “blame” lays on the freedom we enjoy by being citizens of
the<BR>> > United States of America.<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > Your pal<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>>
> DC<BR>> ><BR>> >
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