Yeager Not Alone: Radical Right Reacts to Gun Control

[billh58]

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2013/01/11/yeager-not-alone-radical-right-reacts-to-gun-control/

The very vocal gun extremists swarm from their swamp after every gun tragedy to defend their unregulated and God-given and Constitutionally-protected right to own lethal weapons. They claim that they are not Second Amendment "absolutists," nor "extremists," but patriotic, upstanding, citizens who are much more responsible than we mere mortals who don't walk around armed to the teeth.

Here are a few excepts from an article from the Southern Poverty Law Center (from last year) which clearly show that gun extremists abound in this country, and are a large part of the gun violence epidemic:

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"When Tennessee weapons instructor James Yeager threatened Wednesday to “start killing people” if President Obama moved ahead on gun control, his infuriated rant went national, with dozens of media outlets and blogs expressing amazement."

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"But the truth is that the death threats from Yeager — a man who is a former police chief, protective services contractor in Iraq, and owner of two companies that provide tactical weapons and training to police and military units — are not unique. Although Yeager said it more clearly than most, and with more profanity, the far right in America generally is reacting to the prospect of gun control with hysteria."

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"The League of the South, a white supremacist secessionist group based in Alabama, on Wednesday said that “the biggest threat is the U.S. government itself” and described the Obama administration as “a criminal regime.” “Those in positions of power who exceed the limits of lawful authority ought to be made to live in mortal fear of their transgressions,” league president Michael Hill said."

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“A line must be drawn in the sand, a small spark could set off the power keg of patriots lets hope it blows sky high,” wrote another commenter on Stormfront, which is the world’s largest white supremacist Web forum. “I see Civil War II on the horizon,” said another. A third commenter, “Rosalynn,” put it like this: “We’ve been putting every extra penny aside to buy more ammunition and hopefully in the next couple of weeks we will also be able to purchase a few more firearms. They can kiss my white butt if they think they are getting any of our guns.”

These gun nuts do NOT represent the average American gun owner in any way, but just like the NRA and ALEC this very vocal minority of asswipes gets the most press, and we can see the results of their influence even here on a Democratic discussion board.

Support a gun control organization of your choice today in any way that you can. This madness must stop.

[randys1]

1. Yes, most gun owners are not complete assholes, but that isnt why I am so anti gun anyway

Even if there were never a mass shooting, gun deaths from accidents alone are enough reason for me to understand why their value is greatly outweighed by their problems.

but yes, gun control is better than no control...