VA Sen. Bill Stanley reports threat by gun-control advocate Andy Parker

[virginia mountainman]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/sen-bill-stanley-reports-threat-by-gun-control-advocate-andy/article_f6865f85-3409-5185-a678-01bcc3b24087.html

This man owns guns, and he is making public threats to a lawmaker...

[RandySF]

1. Gun control advocate, or opponent?

[ileus]

3. He's the father of the reporter that was shot by the guy in Roanoke Va.

[gwheezie]

2. Nonsense

He's threatening to end the man's career, where do you get any physical threat.

[ileus]

4. Hopefully Stanley conceal carries, you never know what those people are capable of.

Bloomies billions have made him brave...

[Kang Colby]

5. I understand the Senator's concern.

Late Tuesday, Parker sent this message to Stanley, R-Franklin County, via Facebook: “I’m going to be your worst nightmare you little bastard.”

[SecularMotion]

6. Parker's response

“I don’t own a gun,” Parker said. “I have a pellet gun, that’s it. ... If he thinks I’m going to be a threat to him other than a political threat, that is just mind-boggling.”

[Silicosys4]

7. Nice backpedal

"In an interview after McAuliffe’s radio remarks, Stanley highlighted a comment Parker made Tuesday night beneath a post touting an endorsement of Stanley by the NRA.

The comment, one of more than a dozen Parker posted to Stanley’s page within roughly 30 minutes, accused Stanley of failing to offer condolences after the shooting and concluded: 'WHEN YOU SEE ME AGAIN, YOU BEST WALK THE OTHER WAY LEST I BEAT YOUR LITTLE ASS WITH MY BARE HANDS.'"

http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/article_e1fe7c32-353d-5f18-8647-2e0b851461e0.html

So he's made threats of physical harm before. Mind boggling indeed, how could one come to such a conclusion?

[ileus]

8. and Virginia doesn't have a waiting period...

[Duckhunter935]

9. I would not expect a response

SM tends to run and hide when proven wrong with facts.

[Eleanors38]

10. "BEAT YOUR LITTLE ASS WITH MY BEAR HANDS". Do people actually Die...

from bear hands beating? I'm told that happens. In any case, this specific threat made to a specific person may constitute a felony.

[friendly_iconoclast]

11. More often than they do from the use of any sort of rifle, per the Feds :

https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-20