Arizona State Senator, Points Loaded Gun At Reporter

View · by **xracer390** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:18 am

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... k3%7C77274

"Oh, it's so cute," Klein said, before aiming the gun at Ruelas's chest to show off the red beam of the laser sight. Klein's gun, a .380 Ruger, has no safety, but the senator assured Ruelas that he wasn't in danger.

View · by **ttousi** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:24 am

get off my side :roll:

View · by **MrVvrroomm** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:26 am

Hmmm, a politician pointing a gun at a reporter? Self-correcting problem.

View · by **Nat** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:48 am

MrVvrroomm wrote:Hmmm, a politician pointing a gun at a reporter? Self-correcting problem.

yeah, if you're russian

View · by **xracer390** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:51 am

ttousi wrote:get off my side

That was my first thought.

View · by **chudrockz** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:59 am

MrVvrroomm wrote:Hmmm, a politician pointing a gun at a reporter? Self-correcting problem.

I might be tempted to argue it'd be a self-correcting problem if the roles were reversed.

View · by **mnmike59** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:18 am

chudrockz wrote:
MrVvrroomm wrote:Hmmm, a politician pointing a gun at a reporter? Self-correcting problem.

I might be tempted to argue it'd be a self-correcting problem if the roles were reversed.

Either way its no loss of a position in this society.

View · by **macphisto** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:41 am

What a moron. This makes us look bad. Here's a fine example of why mandatory training as part of the permit process is a good idea.

View · by **Scott Notaeh** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:49 am

macphisto wrote:What a moron. This makes us look bad. Here's a fine example of why mandatory training as part of the permit process is a good idea.

Yep, training or a complete prohibition would work too.

View · by **xd ED** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:14 am

macphisto wrote:What a moron. This makes us look bad. Here's a fine example of why mandatory training as part of the permit process is a good idea.

Training can only fix ignorance. Stupid is forever

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View · by **TC95GT** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:21 am

I wonder why the reporter didn't call the cops and file a report on her? Would this be considered brandishing?

View · by **Scott Notaeh** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:31 am

xracer390 wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/lori-klein-arizona-gun-control-reporter-giffords_n_894973.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%7C77274

"Oh, it's so cute," Klein said, before aiming the gun at Ruelas's chest to show off the red beam of the laser sight. Klein's gun, a .380 Ruger, has no safety, but the senator assured Ruelas that he wasn't in danger.

Link mentions a new federal database for handgun buyers. When did that start?

View · by **gyrfalcon** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:32 am

Well technically she didn't do anything that police don't do on a regular basis... :mrgreen:

View · by **Seismic Sam** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:11 am

gyrfalcon wrote:Well technically she didn't do anything that police don't do on a regular basis...

And with a Glock, it's safe even if your finger IS on the trigger!! Or so I have been told by somebody trying to sell me one... :roll:

View · by **ex-LT** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:27 am

Scott Notaeh wrote:
xracer390 wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/lori-klein-arizona-gun-control-reporter-giffords_n_894973.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl3%7Csec1_lnk3%7C77274

"Oh, it's so cute," Klein said, before aiming the gun at Ruelas's chest to show off the red beam of the laser sight. Klein's gun, a .380 Ruger, has no safety, but the senator assured Ruelas that he wasn't in danger.

Link mentions a new federal database for handgun buyers. When did that start?

I didn't see anything in the article about a new database for handgun buyers, unless you're referring to the snip quoted in red below. As of right now, it does not exist. It will supposedly be part of the "reforms" that the Obama administration will propose. My guess is the "paper trail" will be stripped from the proposal by congress.

According to the Daily Beast the changes will include:
- A national electronic system designed to make background checks for handgun buyers simpler and faster, leaving an electronic paper trail under a law named for Ronald Reagan's press secretary James Brady, who was wounded in the 1981 assassination attempt.
- A new reporting requirement that federally licensed gun shops report any person who tries to buy two long-arm weapons near the Mexican border over a five-day period.
- Tougher sentencing guidelines for straw buyers that Holder's department pushed through procedural hoops at the U.S. Sentencing Commission earlier this year.