AZ Senator Points Loaded Gun at Journalist

Posted by Man Eegee | Jul 11, 2011 | 6 |

Jared Loughner would be proud:

A state lawmaker known for championing the rights of gun-owners pointed a loaded firearm at the chest of a reporter during a recent interview at the Capitol.

Republican Sen. Lori Klein was showing off her raspberry-pink handgun when she aimed it at a journalist who was interviewing her in the lounge just outside the Senate chambers.
According to the story that was published Sunday in the Arizona Republic, Klein’s .380 Ruger was loaded and did not have a safety to keep the gun from going off.

But Klein told the reporter, Richard Ruelas, that he didn’t need to worry because, “I just didn’t have my hand on the trigger.”

Arizona Guardian

Imagine if it was the other way around?

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Man Eegee on July 11, 2011 at 9:56 pm

This is the same teabagger that read a letter on the floor of the Arizona State Senate in March that characterized Latino students as wanting to be gang bangers rather than educated in the classroom.
Oui on July 12, 2011 at 3:15 am
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“There is no safety on this gun. But you have to really pull the trigger, to you know, it’s a harder trigger. That’s part of your safety.”

Audio and transcript of Sen. Lori Klein interview

A comment:
“Ironically Ms. Klein, representative from District 6 is spittin’ distance from the Ben Avery Shooting Range which is right across I-17 from Anthem where she resides. Why doesn’t she enroll in gun safety classes there? My dad taught me at eight or nine, never to point a gun at a person, along with slew of other rules. Obviously her father didn’t teach her the same set of safety lessons that my father did, or she is ignoring them. More disconcerting though, are the lessons someone in her family or church must have taught her regarding honesty, politeness, and fessing up when you need to rectify situations. Ignoring those lessons come at a price. This second set of her fifteen minutes of national fame should lead to either a reckless endangerment or aggravated assault charge, as opposed just to national scorn. Thankfully Ruelas released the tape wherein she admits to pointing a loaded gun at him. Fess up honey. It’ll be easier in the long run.”
- All Latino students ‘Hate America’ and support ‘Reconquista’
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
boran2 on July 12, 2011 at 9:13 am

I can’t help but be reminded of the old Beatle lyrics from Happiness is a warm gun:

when i hold you in my arms,
and I feel my finger on your trigger…
- canberra boy on July 13, 2011 at 6:23 am
  
  I was never too sure whether the lyrics had sexual overtones or were to be taken at face value. Whatever… Pointing a gun at someone is serious…
  - Oui on July 13, 2011 at 6:52 am
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    No real surprise here: Guns, Gender, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity
    
    Disarming Masculinities (UN)
    
    "But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
anarchronarchist on July 13, 2011 at 11:16 am

Karma is a bitch (with a loaded gun pointed at your chest).

AZ Senator Points Loaded Gun at Journalist

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