Huffington Post
Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access.
The message referred to Second Amendment rights and shooting someone, but did not include any direct threats. It was sent to House Speaker Andy Tobin, who opposes the Medicaid expansion, and eight other Republican House members.
"Please kill SB1492, the Medicaid Expansion Act," the email begins, before quoting the Second Amendment. It then reads, "If you are ever asked why you shot the person, the only answer from your lips should be, I felt my life, or/and my family's life was in immediate danger of death. So I did what I had to do in order to eliminate this threat. "
This reminds me of the advice Robert Farago often gives to the hidden criminals who commit murder and try to pawn it off as defensive. In the same way, the dispensers of the advice in Arizona are probably not the guys who will actually pull the trigger.
Second Amendment solutions, and the threat thereof, are what gun ownership is all about. You remember what Wayne said.
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