Mister Liberty Girl pinged from work with the news that a central Florida man has been arrested for making a threat against the Empty-Suit-Nearly-in-Chief. Whilst Googling for more information (found it) I came across this gem from another case:
A Southern California man was charged Thursday with threatening a presidential candidate, for posting a racist note to a Yahoo message board in October expressing displeasure over Barack Obama’s candidacy, and predicting “he will have a 50 cal in the head soon.”
Walter Edward Bagdasarian, 47, was found with an arsenal of six weapons when Secret Service agents raided his La Mesa home in November, according to court records (.pdf). He had three handguns and three rifles, including a 30.06 with a telescopic sight and a Remington .50 caliber muzzle-loading rifle.
Now, one can surely not accuse those at Wired of actual journalism – much less knowing their asses from their elbows – but since fucking when is SIX whole guns an “arsenal”? Well, if that’s the case then MLG and I must have a fucking resupply depot.
A 30.06, you fucktards, is a HUNTING rifle. And the oh-so scary sounding “Remington .50 caliber muzzle-loading rifle”? It’s a fucking CURIOSITY. A black-powder muzzleloader. Accurate, in my disctinctly modern-gun-skewed snob-opinion, at about 12 feet. The other weapons were probably a S&W .38 cal, a .22 plinker for the kids, and assorted cowboy guns in various states of disrepair. Just like the arsenal of every other bitter clinger.
If you’re going to scare the quivering rabbit-populace, Wired, at least stick to doing it on subjects with which you have at least a passing fucking acquaintance.
A muzzle-loader?!?!? Was he going to march in with a fife and drum corps too?
My grandfather owned a gun store when I was a kid so we actually did have a mini-arsenal.
It was fucking awesome.
Stephen Kruiser
January 16th, 2009
The fact that the media called it an arsenal is rather humorous, if a little sad. 6 guns is an arsenal now, huh?
I’ve got more than that, and I don’t have near an “arsenal.” I know someone who has a room dedicated to his guns.
LG, you be nice to those of us who shoot smokesticks. I can bring down a deer at 150 yards with my muzzleloader. And, I also shoot that other antiquated weapon, the bow. I’m good to 50 yards with that.
Antique weapons are not every day stuff, but they have their place. So there.
folly
January 16th, 2009
Six guns is an arsenal? To me, six guns is just a good start.
BobG
January 17th, 2009
What a buncha ignernt weenies.
dogette
January 18th, 2009
Six guns is an “arsenal”? Uh, oh.
clifford
January 19th, 2009
That’s NOTHING. According to a North Carolina newspaper, ONE .22 rifle, several AIRGUNS, and a few fake Samurai SWORDS constitute an “arsenal”.
Happy hunting.
B Smith
January 20th, 2009