In a series of exchanges today between some gun bloggers and the Brady Center’s mouthpiece, Peter Hamm, Hamm threatened to shoot one of the bloggers.
The threat was issued at Sebastian's, against SayUncle.
What I don't get is why everyone is so quick to dismiss this as a lighthearted joke. We know the evil this citizen disarmament fanatic enables, and we've seen how much benefit of the doubt his side offers when a much less direct and more obviously tongue-in-cheek speculation is tendered.
It's really part of the elitist mentality Hamm and those like him represent--that some are afforded more consideration and different treatment than others--you know, the whole "Only Ones" thing. He wouldn't presume to "joke" about shooting a politician or celebrity, would he, and expect not to elicit an armed response and interrogation, but a pro-RKBA activist is fair game?
It's not my call, but if he'd said that to me, I'd file a police report and let them be the ones to determine the true level of threat after the requisite--and publicized--investigation.