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Dem planning bill that would outlaw threatening lawmakers
January 10th, 2011
Rep. Robert Brady (D-Pa.) reportedly plans to introduce legislation that would make it a federal crime to use language or symbols that could be perceived as threatening or inciting violence against a federal official or member of Congress.

Brady told CNN that he wants federal lawmakers and officials to have the same protections against threat currently provided to the president. His call comes one day after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was shot, along with 19 other people, at a public event in Tucson. A suspect is currently in custody.

“The president is a federal official,” Brady told CNN in a telephone interview. “You can’t do it to him; you should not be able to do it to a congressman, senator or federal judge.”

Among the six people killed was Federal Judge John Roll.

While it is unknown at this time whether the shooter was politically motivated, that has not prevented a vigorous debate about whether heated political rhetoric seen during the healthcare reform debate and during the 2010 campaign is inciting violence.

Sarah Palin has had to fend off a fresh round of criticism for a map posted on one of her websites of 20 congressional districts that voted for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the 2008 presidential election, but had Democratic members that voted in favor of healthcare reform.

Critics originally took Palin to task for the apparent use of the crosshairs of guns to identify the districts. The controversy re-ignited Saturday after the shooting, since Giffords’s district was included on the map.

Brady singled out the map as the type of rhetoric he opposed.

“You can’t put bull’s-eyes or crosshairs on a United States congressman or a federal official,” he said.

However, a Palin spokeswoman denied Sunday that the image was intended to depict gun sights. Palin offered condolences to the Giffords family and other victims of the shooting on her Facebook page Saturday.

“The rhetoric is just ramped up so negatively, so high, that we have got to shut this down,” Brady said.

Source: The Hill


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Comment by American Grand Jury:

Politicians, especially Democrats, have an answer for everything, pass another law. They won’t enforce the laws they have on the books now. It seems to me that being in this country illegally is a crime. It seems to me if you are a terrorist and you kill 13 people on a Military base (Hassan) it’s a crime. It seems to me if you belong to the Black Panthers and mug little old ladies it’s a crime. It seems to me if you are an Acorn employee and you commit election fraud it’s a crime. Finally, it seems to me if you are a decorated Military Officer who wishes to challenge the King as to his credentials it’s a crime. Remember LTC Lakin who entertained the Military Kangaroo Court with just such a question — Now Obama made sure that crime was enforced — but none of the other crimes we mentioned have been enforced, at least as far the average citizen can tell.

The Criminals in Washington are never going to change.. if they can’t control you they will pass a law to fine you, imprison you or impoverish you.

Personally I think most Politicians, including Obama, are just PLAIN SCARED of the American people. They act like criminals, always trying to hide from their actions or blame others because nobody loves them or, you guessed it, pass another law to protect them in case we turn into a concerned citizenry that is trying to defend our beloved Constitution and the American way of life.. now that is a no-no.. that is anti-Marxist behavior.. don’t dare and try to defend the Constitution in Washington.. that might be the ultimate crime of the century!