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proud2BlibKansan

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Mon Jun 17, 2013, 02:59 PM Jun 2013

Kobach issues alarming gun threat after protest at his house [View all]

Kansas Secretary State Kris Kobach isn’t pulling any punches after 200 or so immigration reform supporters showed up at his Wyandotte County house Saturday when he wasn’t there.

“It’s important we recognize there’s a reason we have the Second Amendment,” he told a Fox News journalist. “There are situations like this where you have a mob and you do need to be able to protect yourself.”

In other words, Kobach sounds as if he would have been ready to shoot if someone had gotten out of hand, although it’s important to note that no one did (as the video in the Fox News link indicates).

Kobach was responding to a protest put together with the help of Sunflower Community Action; here is information from the group about why it did what it did over the weekend.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/06/17/4298150/kobach-issues-alarming-gun-threat.html#storylink=cpy

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What an idiot! rdharma Jun 2013 #1
"situations like this where you have a mob..." - BULLSHIT demwing Jun 2013 #2
They are also being accused of littering. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #5
I have a very low opinion of folks who threaten to shoot people! rdharma Jun 2013 #3
Probably so. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #6
I bet most of the gun fanciers loving this one Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #4
Because, FREEDOM! Electric Monk Jun 2013 #8
That's just stupid. bluedigger Jun 2013 #7
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