LePage considers carrying a gun after congressmans shooting

[jpak]

Source: Bangor Daily News

PORTLAND, Maine Gov. Paul LePage said he may start carrying a gun in response to the Wednesday shooting at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, that left five people wounded including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana.

Im thinking of carrying, yes, LePage said when asked whether he felt the need to protect himself after the incident.

LePage cast the shooting, which also left a congressional aide, a lobbyist and two Capitol Police officers wounded and the lone gunman dead, as part of escalating national and global tensions that go beyond politics.

The gunman, James Hodgkinson, 66, was killed in a shootout with police and reportedly decried President Donald Trump on Facebook before he opened fire on the Republican teams practice for a charity baseball game. LePage, a Republican, said he was deeply disheartened by the shooting, especially if it was politically motivated, and hopes that people come to their senses.



Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2017/06/15/politics/lepage-considers-carrying-a-gun-after-congressmans-shooting/

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Morans that drunk-call their political adversaries to call them c**ksuckers should never be allowed near a gun.

[virtualobserver]

1. he will probably end up shooting mr. hooha off

[jpak]

2. He'd blame Obama

yup

[RhodeIslandOne]

14. I'm sure he'd miss n/m

[virtualobserver]

15. so small that it requires extreme accuracy to hit?

[Doug the Dem]

18. Ha

Wish I'd thought of that one.

[janterry]

3. If anyone shouldn't have the right to own a gun

it's him

[Maine-i-acs]

4. Same guy who "wishes we still had duels" -

When expressing his frustration about a political adversary who questioned his overtly racist posturing on the drug epidemic.
(Drew Gattine vs. LeRage)

[pangaia]

5. Hey, asshole, did you think,of 'CARRYING""

after Gabby was shot? Or anybody else???

"...as part of escalating national and global tensions that go beyond politics. "

HUH??

[Vinca]

6. If LePage shoots as well as he governs, he shouldn't bother carrying.

[tenderfoot]

7. He could use it at Lane Bryant to commit a robbery

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=339626

[marylandblue]

8. Most governors have a security detail

doesn't he?

[eppur_se_muova]

10. Ooooh, can't wait to see how that works out ...

[Coventina]

11. What could possibly go wrong?

[Blue Idaho]

12. He's far more likely to die of a stroke or heart attack...

Still, not all that likely but a guy can dream...

[Demonaut]

13. glad you're keeping the "moran" meme alive

[Bradical79]

16. Because a gun will stop an assassin's bullet...

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. LePage is pretty damn safe if Maine.

He's been pissing people off since the first day he became governor six years ago and I have not heard of a single incident in which anyone has threatened violence against him.