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Showing Original Post only (View all)Oh, my. "Meet the face of (Colorado's) pro-gun recall campaigns" [View all]
As the Colorado Springs Independent's Chet Hardin reported late yesterday:
The Basic Freedom Defense Fund was formed specifically to lead recall efforts of gun-control-minded Colorado Democrats, such Colorado Springs' Sen. John Morse and his Westminster-based colleague, Sen. Evie Hudak.
The spokesman for the grassroots organization is Nick Andrasik. And this seems to be the way Andrasik presents himself online, at least on ar15.com:
When we reached him by phone this afternoon, we described the above photo to Andrasik. Though he couldn't be certain that it was one of his photos without actually seeing it, he said it was "probably me." Further, the avatar that Andrasik uses on his ar15.com profile is the same image that shows up on his Facebook page.
Lynn Bartels of the Denver Post writes today about the recall attempts now underway against several Colorado legislators, including Rep. Mike McLachlan of Durango and Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs. Bartels reports that a recall attempt is about to get underway against Sen. Evie Hudak of Arvada as well, and quotes the same Nick Andrasik pictured above saying, "It seemed that recalling them would be a great way" to get legislators' attention. Most regrettably, Bartels did not include a photo of Mr. Andrasik for her story.
Or any mention, as the Springs Independent continues, of Andrasik's own statements about some of those Democratic legislators. Reader discretion strongly advised....
Read More: http://coloradopols.com/diary/40236/meet-the-face-of-the-pro-gun-recall-campaigns
Edited to add: See also, "Spokesman for Colorado gun recall group calls legislators the c word and other labels on web page": http://blogs.denverpost.com/thespot/2013/04/05/gun-recall-group-spokesman-for-gun-recall-group-calls-legislators-the-c-word-and-other-things-on-his-facebook-page/93714/
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Too many gun nuts like that guy. That's what guns on demand has done to our society.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#1
99.9% of folks here really dont give a damn what the precise nomenclature for his lethal weapons or
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#6
Well that's a good approach -- Only allow elephant guns that knock you on your ass with first shot.
Hoyt
Apr 2013
#9
There seems to be a lot of pro-gun posters who espouse NRA talking points but claim to be not NRA
coldmountain
May 2013
#27
Yeah---funny how many of these "reasonable" RKBA Absolutists have turned up, lately.
Paladin
May 2013
#36
It's fucking idiots like that who have serious mental issues that should not own guns.
madinmaryland
May 2013
#40