Chris Nogy, Arkansas Republican, Floats Idea Of Shooting Lawmakers
Chris Nogy, the husband of a Republican Party official in Arkansas, suggested it was a shame that voters couldn't just threaten to shoot GOP state legislators who voted for the state's Medicaid expansion.
In an essay titled "Scathing" in the April edition of the Benton County Republican Party newsletter, Nogy slammed those Republican lawmakers who voted last week to approve Medicaid expansion and argued that the Second Amendment offered one way to handle the situation:
If we can’t shoot them, we have to at least be firm in our threat to take immediate action against them politically, socially, and civically if they screw up on something this big. Personally, I think a gun is quicker and more merciful, but hey, we can't. But we have to do something, we have to gain control of our representatives,...
That must be those "Second Amendment Remedies" that the 'Baggers like to tout as their solution to government they don't like.
If we're going to "water the tree of liberty" from time to time, I would suggest that we start with the treasonous individuals that think that shooting lawmakers they disagree with is the solution to government "of the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE and FOR the PEOPLE."
The angry essay has already drawn criticism from fellow Republicans. The Benton County Republican Party condemned it, saying that they do not support shooting Republican lawmakers. And Lt. Gov. Mark Darr (R) tweeted, "The party that gets rid of its crazies first will be the long term majority party in Arkansas," according to The Arkansas Times.
Early Sunday, an individual who identified himself as Nogy sent a "clarification" to 5newsonline.com that explained he was not advocating violence, but rather brought up violence as a way to gain people's attention
Nogy's essay is the latest in a series of bizarre statements that have tarnished the image of Arkansas Republicans in the last year.
Why do we think that people are getting so disenfranchised with their representatives, who were elected voluntarily and can be recalled voluntarily by voting them out anytime, that they resort to such extreme statements? Are we The People really so powerless?
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Some people do not understand "we can’t shoot them". They want interpret what they read as "we can shoot them". People understand what they want to understand. (deep thinkers?)
