"Hello Senator, I Control the Newspaper, I Own a Gun, and I Want You to Vote Against Gun Safety."

[Robb]

The email boxes of Colorado lawmakers haven't been pretty lately, unless you appreciate personal threats, F-bombs, and general references to some other reality where facts as we know them don't exist.

But you know things have gone seriously wrong when you also get what appears to be a veiled threat from the general manager of a newspaper.

As first reported by KRDO TV, that's what State Sen. Angela Giron received March 3, from Pueblo Chieftain General Manager Ray Stafford.

In his email, Stafford first introduced himself to Giron as the person "responsible for the entire newspaper, including the newsroom," and then wrote: "Please do not vote for the current gun legislation. To vote for it would be an affront to the citizens of this state, Pueblo, and America."

Read More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jason-salzman/hello-senator-i-control-t_b_2854469.html

[MichiganVote]

1. Hello Senator, your guns kill our kids and I, the US public, want gun control. NOW.

[Autumn]

2. Stafford and the Pueblo Chieftain are both a fucking joke.

RW rags.

[mwrguy]

4. He doesn't control a damned thing.

And we got our bill passed