POLITICO sez threats to lawmakers are up... no wonder Rick is packing heat...

POLITICO is claiming that there is a surge in threats against lawmakers... with some Texas angles (link). Excerpts follow...

Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) were threatened with assassination. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas) were threatened with bodily harm.

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In February 2009, a man left voice mail messages for Stabenow in several of her Michigan offices.

“We’re gonna [expletive] get you,” he said in one message. “We’re gonna get you with a lot of [expletive] bolt action. Like we did RFK; like we did MLK. We know who you are. We’ll get you.”

FBI agents tracked the calls to a 54-year-old Texas man who lived alone — and who at one time had owned a 20-gun arsenal of handguns, shotguns and rifles. According to the documents, he told officers that he was “really, really drunk” when he made the calls. He said he was just “venting” — taking out his frustrations after hearing a discussion of the Fairness Doctrine and becoming concerned that the government would attempt to abolish the radio shows of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh.

My original theory on this coyote shooting incident was that it probably did happen... and it was probably leaked to the media to scare away any crazy person from wanting to do harm to Rick (link).

Even a mildly crazy person wouldn't want to mess with someone who can take out a coyote with one bullet... and may be packing heat... you never know...