...and pass the ammunition

[arguchik]

Great. The gun nuts are adding to their arsenals because Obama is a "gun snatcher." This is exactly what the U.S. needs right now. Paranoid, reactionary wackos with larger collections of assault weapons and a brand new reason to use them.

Here's the NYT story about it.

I sure hope Obama's Secret Service detail know what they're doing. Seriously. I can't be the only person worrying that some of this hateful, paranoid rhetoric will boil over into an assassination attempt...? I know people have been talking about the possibility for awhile, but some of this shit is really scaring me.

Comments

[jennaxide.livejournal.com]

Oh no. No no no. Did you Michelle Obama at the acceptance speech, when the fireworks went off? You certainly aren't the only one worried about this.

Take heart, dear.

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

I didn't notice Michelle Obama flinching at the fireworks. I don't blame her. Her husband occupies a doubly dangerous position: he's a newly elected President who promises change and inspires people with his powerful oratory; and he's a prominent black leader. Combine those two...and I wish I could feel more optimistic about people in the U.S., but I don't really have any reason to. I feel like it's a matter of time. I don't want to feel that way, but I do. And like I said, my hope is that the inevitable attempts on his life will be thwarted by Secret Service agents doing their job well. I don't like thinking about what that might mean for them though, and other people around him. James Brady (press secretary), Thomas McCarthy (DC cop), and Timothy Delahanty (secret service agent)--the three men wounded along with Ronald Reagan--come immediately to mind.