Fiore’s firearm fiasco

[struggle4progress]

By STEVE SEBELIUS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

... “No, understand, we would never, ever — I would never, ever — point my firearm at anyone, including an officer of the law, unless they pointed their firearm at me,” Fiore replied. “Once you point your firearm at me, I’m sorry, then it becomes self-defense, so whether you’re a stranger, a bad guy, or an officer, and you point your gun at me and you’re going to shoot me, and I have to decide whether it’s my life or your life, well, I choose my life” ...

The fallout was fierce. Fiore objected that she was referring to BLM officers, not all cops, when she made her comments. (As if it’s OK to point guns at some officers? It’s not.) ...

Richard McCann, executive director of the association, warned Fiore in a letter that drawing guns on officers would lead to the use of deadly force ... Fiore dismissed McCann in another interview .. as a “coward,” suggested he could use his three-page letter as toilet tissue and declined to back off, even a little ...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/columns-blogs/steve-sebelius/fiore-s-firearm-fiasco

[HassleCat]

1. I still do not understand how they made her CEO of HP.

She is obviously insane. I mean, really. Shooting at federal officers? If she would shoot at a BLM cop, she would shoot at any cop. She just has a problem with authority. Like her Tea Party buddies, she can't accept that anybody has authority over her. She thinks freedom means doing whatever she likes, whenever she wants.

[struggle4progress]

3. It's hard to keep all the crazies separate: this one is

Bundy-loving Nevada Assemblywoman Michelle Fiore, not Carly Fiorina

[HassleCat]

4. Oh, yes. It probably doesn't matter.

I guess Fiorina is slightly less insane than Fiore. Maybe.

[WhiteTara]

2. And after they shoot her dead, they could charge her for

what ever charge that is when you point your gun at an officer of the law.