{"id":7603,"date":"2009-12-24T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-24T22:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2009-12-27T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2009-12-28T04:04:51","slug":"disinformed-hostage-taker-in-va-was-angry-at-loss-of-right-to-bear-arms-over-taxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=7603","title":{"rendered":"Disinformed Hostage-Taker in VA Was Angry at ‘Loss’ of Right to Bear Arms, ‘Over-Taxing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

From AP today<\/i><\/a> on the hostage stand-off that took place yesterday at a VA post office [emphasis added<\/i>]:<\/p>\n

“He was really down on the government,” [Hostage Jimmy] Oliver told The Associated Press [about hostage-taker Warren “Gator” Taylor] on Thursday in an interview at his mother’s floral shop. “About the government taking over the right to bear arms<\/b> … he was angry at the government over taxing us<\/b>.”<\/div>\n

Now I wonder where Taylor could have gotten those completely-misinformed ideas?<\/p>\n

Of course, as non-disinformed folks know, there have been no moves — zero<\/i>, not even a peep — by the Democratic-controlled Congress or White House about taking away anybody’s<\/i> “right to bear arms,” and taxes have been lowered<\/i><\/a>, not raised, since Obama took office, for 95% of working families. Though you’d be hard-pressed to know that if you did nothing more than watch Fox “News” or listen to talk radio on the public airwaves.<\/p>\n

In one sadly ironic note, the AP article adds…<\/p>\n

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Taylor, who is being represented by a federal public defender<\/b>, was ordered to be evaluated at a federal prison medical facility to determine whether he is mentally fit for the criminal proceedings.<\/div>\n

Thankfully, though Taylor fired shots, he didn’t kill or injure anybody. All hostages were eventually released peacefully after the eight hour standoff.<\/p>\n

Not so lucky, however, were the 3 cops killed by Richard Paplowski<\/a>, who was led to believe Obama would be taking away his guns; the 2 killed and 7 injured by Jim David Adkisson<\/a> at a Knoxville, TN, church shooting because he “wanted to kill…every Democrat in the Senate & House, the 100 people in [regular Bill O’Reilly guest] Bernard Goldberg’s book” of 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken is #37)<\/i>; and Dr. George Tiller, who was shot in the head in church after Bill O’Reilly spent some 29 episodes<\/a> of his top-rated “news” program describing him as “Tiller the Baby Killer” and someone who would “kill your baby for any reason.”<\/p>\n

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Velvet Revolution’s “Stop Domestic Terror” campaign is here<\/a>, if you’d like to sign on in support of pushing back at the irresponsible incitement of violence by the media across our government-subsidized media outlets. [DISCLOSURE: The BRAD BLOG<\/a> is a co-founder of VR.<\/i>]\n

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RELATED UPDATE 12\/27\/09:<\/strong><\/em> Nazi White Supremacist with “Republican Party” sticker on truck, apprehended following murder in Houston. Details…<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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